Giovanni 5:34

34 Io però la testimonianza non la prendo dall’uomo, ma dico questo affinché voi siate salvati.

Giovanni 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.

Giovanni 5:34 In-Context

32 V’è un altro che rende testimonianza di me; e io so che la testimonianza ch’egli rende di me, è verace.

33 Voi avete mandato da Giovanni, ed egli ha reso testimonianza alla verità.

34 Io però la testimonianza non la prendo dall’uomo, ma dico questo affinché voi siate salvati.

35 Egli era la lampada ardente e splendente e voi avete voluto per breve ora godere alla sua luce.

36 Ma io ho una testimonianza maggiore di quella di Giovanni; perché le opere che il Padre mi ha dato a compiere, quelle opere stesse che io fo, testimoniano di me che il Padre mi ha mandato.