John 5:42 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 5:37-43

5:37-43 And the Father who sent me has home witness about me. You have never heard his voice, nor have you ever seen his form. You do not have his word dwelling in you, because you do not believe in the One whom he sent. You search the scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life. It is they which bear witness about me, yet you refuse to come to me that you may have life. I receive no glory from men; but I know you and I know that you do not have the love of God in you. I... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 5:42

But I know you ,.... Being the omniscient God, he knew not only their persons, but their hearts, the thoughts of their hearts; what was in them, and what was wanting in them: particularly, that ye have not the love of God in you ; and which is not in any man's heart naturally; for the carnal mind is enmity to God; and men, by nature, are haters of him, and enemies in their minds to him, till this grace, which is a fruit of the Spirit, is implanted in them, in regeneration: love to God,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 5:42

But I know you, that ye have not, etc. - Don't say that you oppose me through zeal for God's honor, and love for his name, because I make myself equal to him: no, this is not the case. I know the dispositions of your souls; and I know ye have neither love for his name, nor zeal for his glory. Incorrigible ignorance, and malicious jealousy, actuate your hearts. Ye read the Scriptures, but ye do not enter into their meaning. Had you been as diligent to find out the truth, as you have been to... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 5:42

Verse 42 42.That you have not the love of God in you. The love of God is here put for all religious feelings; for no man can love God without beholding him with admiration and submitting entirely to his authority; as, on the other hand, when the love of God does not prevail, there can be no desire to obey him. That is the reason why Moses gives this as the summary or recapitulation ( ἀνακεφαλαίωσις) of the Law: thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and... 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 5:41-42

This appeal to the will of man was apparently entirely misunderstood, and ended for the time in failure. "They would not come." Everything was prepared, but none were ready or willing to accept even so rich a blessing as life itself. This is the refrain of the whole Bible: "Ye will not; … Ye would not;" "What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it?" "I called, and ye refused;" "I wrote the great things of my Law; ye have counted them as strange things." Our Lord... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 5:41-47

(d) The effect of the revelation of the Son upon the Jews. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 5:41-47

The cause and the end of Jewish unbelief. Jesus has just declared that the Jews will not come to him, and now he reveals its cause. I. THE CAUSE OF THEIR UNBELIEF . "I know that ye have not the love of God in you." 1 . This love would oblige them to seek honour only from God, and thus appreciate the glory the Father has given to the Son. 2 . Jesus has no concern for man ' s praise or report, for the Father's testimony is all-sufficient. "I receive not honour... read more

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

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - John 5:37-43

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 5:42

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 5:42

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 5:42

The Pulpit Commentary - John 5:1-47

The Pulpit Commentary - John 5:17-47

The Pulpit Commentary - John 5:41-42

The Pulpit Commentary - John 5:41-47

The Pulpit Commentary - John 5:41-47

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