John 5:41

41 "I do not accept praise from people.

John 5:41 Meaning and Commentary

John 5:41

I receive not honour from men.
] Not but that honour from men was due to Christ; and it becomes all men to honour him, as they do the Father; and he does receive honour and glory, and blessing from his saints, by their praying to him, praising him, believing in him, and serving him; but his sense is, that in asserting his equality with the Father, and in producing the testimonies he did, in proof of it, his view was not to obtain honour and applause among men, but to vindicate himself, and glorify his Father: nor did he say what he had just now said, about men's coming to him, with any such intention, to gather a party to him, to set up himself as a temporal king, in great pomp and splendour, and receive worldly homage and honour from men, as his subjects; for his kingdom was not of this world, and coming and subjection to him were things of a spiritual nature.

John 5:41 In-Context

39 "You study the Scriptures carefully. You study them because you think they will give you eternal life. The Scriptures you study give witness about me.

40 But you refuse to come to me and receive life.

41 "I do not accept praise from people.

42 But I know you. I know that you do not have love for God in your hearts.

43 I have come in my Father's name, and you do not accept me. But if someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him.