32There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.
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. …
This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth. …
And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.
And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 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…
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