John 3:32

John 3:32 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony.
• New International Version (NIV)He testifies to what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts his testimony.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He bears witness to what he has seen and heard, yet no one receives his testimony.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And what He has seen and heard, that He testifies; and no one receives His testimony.

Context of John 3:32

30He must increase, but I must decrease.” 31The one who comes from above is above all. The one who is from the earth is earthly and speaks in earthly terms. The one who comes from heaven is above all. He testifies to what he has seen and heard, and yet no one accepts his testimony. 33The one who has accepted his testimony has affirmed that God is true. 34For the one whom God sent speaks God’s words, since he gives the Spirit without measure.

John 3:32 word by word

ὃ ἑώρακεν καὶ ἤκουσεν, τοῦτο μαρτυρεῖ, καὶ τὴν μαρτυρίαν αὐτοῦ οὐδεὶς λαμβάνει.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• whatὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• he hath seenὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
• heardἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
• thatοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• he testifiethμαρτυρέωmartureō · to testifyG3140
• no manοὐδείςoudeis · noneG3762
• receivethλαμβάνωlambanō · to takeG2983
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• testimonyὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• testimonyμαρτυρίαmarturia · testimonyG3141

Cross-references for John 3:32

• John 3:11“Truly I tell you, we speak what we know and we testify to what we have seen, but you do not accept our testimony.
• John 5:20For the Father loves the Son and shows him everything he is doing, and he will show him greater works than these so that you will be amazed.
• John 8:26“I have many things to say and to judge about you, but the one who sent me is true, and what I have heard from him — these things I tell the world.”
• John 15:15I do not call you servants anymore, because a servant doesn’t know what his master is doing. I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything I have heard from my Father.
• John 3:26So they came to John and told him, “Rabbi, the one you testified about, and who was with you across the Jordan, is baptizing — and everyone is going to him.”
• John 1:11He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him.
• Isaiah 50:2Why was no one there when I came? Why was there no one to answer when I called? Is my arm too weak to redeem? Or do I have no power to rescue? Look, I dry up the sea by my rebuke; I turn the rivers into a wilderness; their fish rot because of lack of water and die of thirst.
• Isaiah 53:1Who has believed what we have heard? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
• Romans 10:16But not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, Lord, who has believed our message?
• Romans 11:2God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Or don’t you know what the Scripture says in the passage about Elijah — how he pleads with God against Israel?

Commentaries on John 3:32

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 32And no man receiveth his testimony - Or, And this his testimony no man taketh up. That is, the testimony which John had borne to the Jews, that Jesus was the promised Messiah. No man taketh up. - No person is found to tread in my steps, and to publish to the Jews that this is the Christ, the Savior of the world. See this sense of the original fully proved and vindicated by Kypke in loc.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 32And what he hath seen … - See John 3:11. No man receiveth his testimony - The words “no man” are here to be understood in the sense of “few.” Though his doctrine is pure, plain, sublime, yet “few,” comparatively, received it in faith. Though multitudes came to him, drawn by various motives John 6:26, yet “few” became his “real” disciples, Matthew 26:56; Matthew 7:22. His testimony - His doctrine. The truth to which he bears “witness” as having “seen” and…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 22-36Verses 22-36 John was fully satisfied with the place and work assigned him; but Jesus came on a more important work. He also knew that Jesus would increase in honour and influence, for of his government and peace there would be no end, while he himself would be less followed. John knew that Jesus came from heaven as the Son of God, while he was a sinful, mortal man, who could only speak about the more plain subjects of religion. The words of Jesus were…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 27-35John the Baptist spoke because of two concerns: Some people questioned whether his baptism was from God (see 1:26), and his disciples were worried because many people were beginning to follow Jesus instead of John (3:26).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 31-3431-34. He that, &c.--Here is the reason why He must increase while all human teachers must decrease. The Master "cometh from above"--descending from His proper element, the region of those "heavenly things" which He came to reveal, and so, although mingling with men and things on the earth, is not "of the earth," either in Person or Word. The servants, on the contrary, springing of earth, are of the earth, and their testimony, even though divine in…Read the comment

Topics related to John 3:32

• Jesus Continued
• John
• Unbelief

In the dictionaries

• Born
• Condemn
• Condemnation
• Darkness
• Decrease
• Faith
• Increase
• Love
• Testify
• Truth

Commentaries on John 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings