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John 5:34-36
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John 5:34-36
New English Translation
34 (I do not accept[a] human testimony, but I say this so that you may be saved.) 35 He was a lamp that was burning and shining,[b] and you wanted to rejoice greatly for a short time[c] in his light.
36 “But I have a testimony greater than that from John. For the deeds[d] that the Father has assigned me to complete—the deeds[e] I am now doing—testify about me that the Father has sent me.
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- John 5:34 tn Or “I do not receive.”
- John 5:35 sn He was a lamp that was burning and shining. Sir 48:1 states that the word of Elijah “burned like a torch.” Because of the connection of John the Baptist with Elijah (see John 1:21 and the note on John’s reply, “I am not”), it was natural for Jesus to apply this description to John.
- John 5:35 tn Grk “for an hour.”
- John 5:36 tn Or “works.”
- John 5:36 tn Grk “complete, which I am now doing”; the referent of the relative pronoun has been specified by repeating “deeds” from the previous clause.
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