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Selected Verse: John 8:13 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Joh 8:13 |
King James |
The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest record of thyself; thy record is not true. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| bearest record of thyself; thy record is not true--How does He meet this specious cavil? Not by disputing the wholesome human maxim that "self-praise is no praise," but by affirming that He was an exception to the rule, or rather, that it had no application to Him. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Thou bearest record of thyself - Thou art a witness for thyself, or in thy own case. See Joh 5:31. The law required two witnesses in a criminal case, and they alleged that as the only evidence which Jesus had was his own assertion, it could not be entitled to belief.
Is not true - Is not worthy of belief, or is not substantiated by sufficient evidence. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Thou barest record of thyself
Rev., witness. A technical objection, evading the real purport of Jesus' declaration. The Rabbinical writings declared that no man could give witness for himself. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Thou testifiest of thyself; thy testimony is not valid - They retort upon our Lord his own words, Joh 5:31; if I testify of myself, my testimony is not valid. He had then added, There is another who testifieth of me. To the same effect he replies here, Joh 8:14, Though I testify of myself, yet my testimony is valid; for I am inseparably united to the Father. I know - And from firm and certain knowledge proceeds the most unexceptionable testimony: whence I came, and whither I go - To these two heads may be referred all the doctrine concerning Christ. The former is treated of Joh 8:16, &c. the latter Joh 8:21, &c. For I know whence I came - That is, For I came from God, both as God and as man. And I know it, though ye do not. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Thou bearest record - As if they had said, Dost thou imagine that we shall believe thee, in a matter so important, on thy bare assertion? Had these people attended to the teaching and miracles of Christ, they would have seen that his pretensions to the Messiahship were supported by the most irrefragable testimony. |
31 If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.
21 Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come.
16 And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me.
14 Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear record of myself, yet my record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go.
31 If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.