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John 5:35

33 Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth.

34 But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved.

He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.

36 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.

37 And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
John was a lamp that burned and gave light, and you were willing for a season to bask in his light.
KJV
He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.
WEB
He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.
ASV
He was the lamp that burneth and shineth; and ye were willing to rejoice for a season in his light.
DARBY
*He* was the burning and shining lamp, and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.
BLB
He was the lamp burning and shining, and you⁺ were willing to exult for an hour in his light.
ÅB
Han var det brennende og skinnende lys, men dere ville bare en tid fryde dere i hans lys.
OTB
Johannes var en lampe som brant og ga lys, og dere valgte for en tid å glede dere over hans lys.
B1930
Han var det brennende og skinnende lys, men I vilde bare en tid fryde eder i hans lys.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 2 Peter 1:19

    We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:

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  • John 1:7–8

    The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.

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  • Matthew 11:11

    Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

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  • Matthew 3:5–7

    Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan,

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  • Luke 1:76–77

    And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;

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  • Mark 6:20

    For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and an holy, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.

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  • Luke 1:15–17

    For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s womb.

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  • Luke 7:28

    For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.

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