Joh 5:31 | KingComments | STEP | Precisely doing the will of the One Who sent Him makes the Lord Jesus say that He does not want to testify about Himself. He, as Man, occupies a position on earth that is dependent on the Father. When He says that His testimony is not true, He says this as a concession to the Jews who follow the law, which states that the testimony of one person is not valid ( ). It is not about the reliability or the truth of the testimony, because everything the Lord says about Himself is perfectly reliable and the truth. It is about its acceptability . He wants to do everything he can to convince the Jews that He is what they deny: the Son of God. He points to “another who testifies of Me”, which is the Holy Spirit ( ). The testimony of the Holy Spirit is a fourfold testimony that the Lord Jesus presents to the Jews in the following verses. It is the testimony of 1. John ( ), 2. the works of the Lord Himself ( ), 3. the Father ( ) and 4. the Scriptures ( ).

‏ John 5:31

Testimonies About the Lord Jesus

Precisely doing the will of the One Who sent Him makes the Lord Jesus say that He does not want to testify about Himself. He, as Man, occupies a position on earth that is dependent on the Father. When He says that His testimony is not true, He says this as a concession to the Jews who follow the law, which states that the testimony of one person is not valid (Deu 19:15). It is not about the reliability or the truth of the testimony, because everything the Lord says about Himself is perfectly reliable and the truth. It is about its acceptability.

He wants to do everything he can to convince the Jews that He is what they deny: the Son of God. He points to “another who testifies of Me”, which is the Holy Spirit (Jn 16:13). The testimony of the Holy Spirit is a fourfold testimony that the Lord Jesus presents to the Jews in the following verses. It is the testimony of

1. John (Jn 5:33-35),

2. the works of the Lord Himself (Jn 5:36),

3. the Father (Jn 5:37-38) and

4. the Scriptures (Jn 5:39).