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The Father's Witness
Commentators note that the Father's witness to Jesus is multifaceted. It includes the miracles Christ performed, the audible voice from heaven at His baptism, the prophecies of the Old Testament, and what one scholar calls the 'witness of the Father in the heart of the believers.' This shows that God testified to His Son comprehensively, not just through a single event.
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Albert Barnes
On John 5:37
18th Century
Theologian
The Father himself—hath borne witness of me. This God had done:
- By the miracles which Jesus had performed, and of which he wa…
AT Robertson
On John 5:37
He hath borne witness (εκεινος μεμαρτυρηκεν). Εκεινος (that one; cf. 5:35,38), not αυτος. Perfect active indicative of μαρτυρεω, t…
Charles Ellicott
On John 5:37
19th Century
Bishop
Has borne witness of Me.—The marginal reference interprets this testimony of the Father by the voices from heaven spoken at the Ba…
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Charles Spurgeon
On John 5:32–40
19th Century
Preacher
They were great Bible-readers, great students of the letter, but they would not come to Christ; and therefore the Scriptures themselves became a to…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On John 5:37
The fourth witness is that of the Father. The allusion seems somewhat obscure, especially since Jesus disclaimed any visible or audible communicati…
John Calvin
On John 5:37
16th Century
Theologian
And the Father who has sent me. To limit this statement, as some have done, to the voice which was heard at his baptism ([Reference Matthe…
John Gill
On John 5:37
17th Century
Pastor
And the Father himself, which has sent me
Not only the works he gave him to do, and which he did, but he himself in …
Matthew Henry
On John 5:30–38
17th Century
Minister
Our Lord returns to his declaration of the entire agreement between the Father and the Son, and declared himself the Son of God. He had higher test…