John 5:32

John 5:32 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.
• New International Version (NIV)There is another who testifies in my favor, and I know that his testimony about me is true.
• New King James Version (NKJV)There is another who bears witness of Me, and I know that the witness which He witnesses of Me is true.
• New Living Translation (NLT)But someone else is also testifying about me, and I assure you that everything he says about me is true.

Context of John 5:32

30"I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me. 31If I alone bear witness about myself, my testimony is not true. There is another who bears witness about me, and I know that the testimony that he bears about me is true. 33You sent to John, and he has borne witness to the truth. 34Not that the testimony that I receive is from man, but I say these things so that you may be saved.

John 5:32 word by word

ἄλλος ἐστὶν ὁ μαρτυρῶν περὶ ἐμοῦ, καὶ οἶδα ὅτι ἀληθής ἐστιν ἡ μαρτυρία ἣν μαρτυρεῖ περὶ ἐμοῦ.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• There isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• anotherἄλλοςallos · anotherG243
• that beareth witnessμαρτυρέωmartureō · to testifyG3140
• ofπερίperi · aboutG4012
• meἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• I knowεἴδωeidō · to perceive: understandG1492
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• the witnessμαρτυρίαmarturia · testimonyG3141
• whichὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• trueἀληθήςalēthēs · trueG227

Cross-references for John 5:32

• John 5:36But the testimony that I have is greater than that of John. For the works that the Father has given me to accomplish, the very works that I am doing, bear witness about me that the Father has sent me.
• John 1:33I myself did not know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water said to me, 'He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain, this is he who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.'
• John 8:17In your Law it is written that the testimony of two people is true.
• John 12:28Father, glorify your name." Then a voice came from heaven: "I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again."
• Matthew 3:17and behold, a voice from heaven said, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased."
• Matthew 17:5He was still speaking when, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him."
• Mark 1:11And a voice came from heaven, "You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased."
• Luke 3:22and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form, like a dove; and a voice came from heaven, "You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased."
• 1 John 5:6This is he who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ; not by the water only but by the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.
• John 12:50And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I say, therefore, I say as the Father has told me."

Commentaries on John 5:32

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 32There is another - God the Father, who, by his Spirit in your prophets, described my person, office, and miracles. You read these scriptures, and you cannot help seeing that they testify of me: - no person ever did answer the description there given, but myself; and I answer to that description in the fullest sense of the word. See John 5:39. And I know - Instead of , I know, , ye know, is the reading of the Codex Bezae, Armenian, and two of the Itala. Ye…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 32There is another - That is, God. See John 5:36.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 30-38Verses 30-38 Our Lord returns to his declaration of the entire agreement between the Father and the Son, and declared himself the Son of God. He had higher testimony than that of John; his works bore witness to all he had said. But the Divine word had no abiding-place in their hearts, as they refused to believe in Him whom the Father had sent, according to his ancient promises. The voice of God, accompanied by the power of the Holy Ghost, thus made…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 32The first witness who spoke in support of Jesus was God himself. Jesus may have been thinking about the voice from heaven at his baptism, when God said that Jesus was his Son (Mark 1:11). He may also have meant the power of God that worked through him in his miracles. In both ways, God gave testimony about who Jesus is.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 30-3230-32. of mine own self do nothing--that is, apart from the Father, or in any interest than My own. (See on Joh 5:19). as I hear--that is, "My judgments are all anticipated in the bosom of My Father, to which I have immediate access, and by Me only responded to and reflected. They cannot therefore err, as I live for one end only, to carry into effect the will of Him that sent Me."Read the comment

Topics related to John 5:32

• Jesus Continued
• John

In the dictionaries

• Folk
• Judgment
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• Light
• Step
• Trouble
• Troubling
• Witness
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• John, Gospel of

Commentaries on John 5

• 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