36But 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.
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Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.
Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did.
If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. …
If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.
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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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