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 ...