Juan 5:34

34 Y no es que acepte yo el testimonio de un hombre; más bien lo menciono para que ustedes sean salvos.

Juan 5:34 Meaning and Commentary

John 5:34

But I receive not testimony from man
He stood in no need of an human testimony, nor did he rest the truth of his deity and divine sonship thereon: he had other and greater testimonies to produce; as he needed not that any man should testify of man to him, he had no need that any man should testify of him; and if the testimony of men was received, as this of John could not well be objected to, the testimony of God is greater, and which he had; and therefore should not have mentioned John's for his own sake:

but these things I say, that ye might be saved;
that is, he produced this testimony of John, who was a person of so great a character among them, that they might be induced by it to believe in him as the Messiah; and so be saved from that ruin and destruction, that would come upon their nation, city, and temple, for their rejection and disbelief of him.

Juan 5:34 In-Context

32 Otro es el que testifica en mi favor, y me consta que es válido el testimonio que él da de mí.

33 »Ustedes enviaron a preguntarle a Juan, y él dio un testimonio válido.

34 Y no es que acepte yo el testimonio de un hombre; más bien lo menciono para que ustedes sean salvos.

35 Juan era una lámpara encendida y brillante, y ustedes decidieron disfrutar de su luz por algún tiempo.

36 »El testimonio con que yo cuento tiene más peso que el de Juan. Porque esa misma tarea que el Padre me ha encomendado que lleve a cabo, y que estoy haciendo, es la que testifica que el Padre me ha enviado.