João 5:34

34 Não que eu busque testemunho humano, mas menciono isso para que vocês sejam salvos.

João 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.

João 5:34 In-Context

32 Há outro que testemunha em meu favor, e sei que o seu testemunho a meu respeito é válido.

33 “Vocês enviaram representantes a João, e ele testemunhou da verdade.

34 Não que eu busque testemunho humano, mas menciono isso para que vocês sejam salvos.

35 João era uma candeia que queimava e irradiava luz, e durante certo tempo vocês quiseram alegrar-se com a sua luz.

36 “Eu tenho um testemunho maior que o de João; a própria obra que o Pai me deu para concluir, e que estou realizando, testemunha que o Pai me enviou.