John 5:36 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - John 5:31-47

In these verses our Lord Jesus proves and confirms the commission he had produced, and makes it out that he was sent of God to be the Messiah. I. He sets aside his own testimony of himself (John 5:31): ?If I bear witness of myself, though it is infallibly true (John 8:14), yet, according to the common rule of judgment among men, you will not admit it as legal proof, nor allow it to be given in evidence.? Now, 1. This reflects reproach upon the sons of men, and their veracity and integrity.... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - John 5:31-36

5:31-36 If I bear witness about myself, my witness need not be accepted as true; but it is Another who is bearing witness about me, and I know that the witness which he bears about me is true. You sent your envoys to John, and he bore witness to the truth; but the testimony which I receive is not from any man, but I say these things that you may be saved. He was the lamp which burns and shines. For a time you were pleased to take pleasure in his light. But I have a greater testimony than... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 5:36

But I have greater witness than that of John ,.... The Vulgate Latin, and Ethiopic versions read, "greater than John", but wrongly; for the testimonies of Christ's works, and of his Father, are not compared with John himself, but with his testimony; and the sense is, that Christ had a greater witness than the witness of John; and so it is expressed in the Persic version: and his meaning is, that he had no need to insist upon John's testimony; he had other, and greater witnesses to produce: ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 5:36

But I have greater witness - However decisive the judgment of such a man as John may be, who was the lamp of Israel, a miracle of grace, filled with the spirit of Elijah, and more than any prophet, because he pointed out, not the Messiah who was to come, but the Messiah who was already come: nevertheless, I am not obliged to depend on his testimony alone; for I have a greater one, that of Him whom you acknowledge to be your God. And how do I prove that this God bears testimony to me? By my... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 5:36

Verse 36 36.But I have greater testimony than that of John. After having showed that, in the person of John, the Jews had wickedly corrupted the gift of God, he now repeats a second time what he had said, that he has no need of the testimony of man, as if he had not enough of himself; although, perceiving that they held his person in contempt, he sent them to his Father, according to his custom. For the works which the Father hath given me to do. He holds out to view two things, by which he... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 5:1-47

1. Christ proved, by signs and wonders and testimonies, to be Source of life. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 5:17-47

(3) The reply of Jesus to the hostile Jews. The discourse of the Lord Jesus, in reply to the persecuting spirit and deadly purpose of the Jewish authorities, is now given at length. There is a fulness and order and progress observable throughout of immense importance as establishing the sacred origin of the words. The simplicity of the style, quite Hebraic in its freedom from conjunctive forms, discriminates it from the Philonic presentation of certain analogous but different ideas. If, as... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 5:30-40

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 5:31-40

The witness to the Son. The Jews might retort that all Jesus affirmed respecting himself had no other support than his own words. His answer is that there is a threefold witness in his favour. I. OUR LORD ADMITS THE NEED OF A DIVINE SANCTION . "If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true." 1 . This Witness is God himself, though his name is not yet... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 5:32-38

(a) The witness of the Father. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - John 5:31-47

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - John 5:31-36

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 5:36

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 5:36

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 5:36

The Pulpit Commentary - John 5:1-47

The Pulpit Commentary - John 5:17-47

The Pulpit Commentary - John 5:30-40

The Pulpit Commentary - John 5:31-40

The Pulpit Commentary - John 5:32-38

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