Yuēhànfúyīn 8:13

13 Fǎlìsaìrén duì tā shuō , nǐ shì wèi zìjǐ zuò jiànzhèng . nǐde jiànzhèng bú zhēn .

Yuēhànfúyīn 8:13 Meaning and Commentary

John 8:13

The Pharisees therefore said unto him
On account of his declaring himself the light of the world: these were either the same who went out of the temple, filled with remorse of conscience, and were now returned, and bearing him a grudge, came to take some advantage against him, if they could; or they were others of the same complexion, sent by them, to make their observations on him:

thou bearest record of thyself.
The Ethiopic version renders it, "dost thou thyself?" which does not seem so decent and comely; see ( Proverbs 27:2 ) ; though it does not follow, that what a man says of himself is not truth, as these suggest:

thy record is not true;
for John testified of himself, that he was not the Christ, nor Elias, nor that prophet; but the voice of one crying in the wilderness; and this testimony he bore of himself, at the importunity of the Jews themselves, ( John 1:19-23 ) ; and his testimony was true; so was that which Christ bore of himself; but their sense rather seems to be, that it was not firm and authentic, and would not pass in any court of judicature, since no man can be a witness in his own cause.

Yuēhànfúyīn 8:13 In-Context

11 Tā shuō , Zhǔ a , méiyǒu . Yēsū shuō , wǒ yĕ bú déng nǐde zuì . qù bā . cóngcǐ búyào zaì fàn zuì le .

12 Yēsū yòu duì zhòngrén shuō , wǒ shì shìshang de guāng . gēn cóng wǒde , jiù bú zaì hēiàn lǐ zǒu , bìyào dé zhe shēngmìng de guāng .

13 Fǎlìsaìrén duì tā shuō , nǐ shì wèi zìjǐ zuò jiànzhèng . nǐde jiànzhèng bú zhēn .

14 Yēsū shuō , wǒ suīrán wéi zìjǐ zuò jiànzhèng , wǒde jiànzhèng háishì zhēn de . yīn wǒ zhīdào wǒ shì cōng nàli lái , wǎng nàli qù . nǐmen què bú zhīdào wǒ shì cōng nàli lái , wǎng nàli qù .

15 Nǐmen shì yǐwaì mào ( yuánwén zuò "píng ròushēn" ) pànduàn rén . wǒ què bú pànduàn rén .