John 5:31-40 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Witnesses to the Genuineness of His Authority (John 5:31-40).

Jesus now goes on to describe the witnesses which support Him:

· He is the One to Whom the Father has borne witness (John 5:37)

· His very works bear witness to Him as the One sent by the Father (John 5:36).

· The Scriptures themselves bear witness to Him (John 5:39).

And He closes by emphasising the fact that He has come in His Father's Name in contrast with those who come in their own name. The reference to those who come in their own name (John 5:43) probably has in mind Messianic pretenders.

Related Commentaries of John 5:31

John 5:31-40

31 If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.

32 There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.

33 Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth.

34 But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved.

35 He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.

36 But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.

37 And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.

38 And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not.

39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

40 And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.