Johannes 5:41

41 Ik neem geen eer van mensen;

Johannes 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.

Johannes 5:41 In-Context

39 Onderzoekt de Schriften; want gij meent in dezelve het eeuwige leven te hebben; en die zijn het, die van Mij getuigen.

40 En gij wilt tot Mij niet komen, opdat gij het leven moogt hebben.

41 Ik neem geen eer van mensen;

42 Maar Ik ken ulieden, dat gij de liefde Gods in uzelven niet hebt.

43 Ik ben gekomen in den Naam Mijns Vaders, en gij neemt Mij niet aan; zo een ander komt in zijn eigen naam, dien zult gij aannemen.