And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.
Ver. 35. And he that saw it, &c.] Nothing so sure as sight. One eyewitness is more than ten ear-witnesses. a It is probable that the apostles that were so conversant with our Saviour had their dairies, wherein they recorded his daily oracles, and other occurrences, and out of which they compiled the Gospels.
His record is true] The gospel is called the testimony, Isaiah 8:20, because it beareth witness to itself. The law is called light (lex, lux), because by itself it is seen to be of God, as the sun is seen by its own light.
a Plus valet oculatus testis unus quam auriti decem. Ex quibus postea Historia Evangelica est contexta. Scult. Annal.