John 5:36
But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.
KJV
ἐγὼ δὲ ἔχω τὴν μαρτυρίαν μείζω τοῦ Ἰωάννου· τὰ γὰρ ἔργα ἃ δέδωκέν μοι ὁ πατὴρ ἵνα τελειώσω αὐτά, αὐτὰ τὰ ἔργα ἃ ποιῶ μαρτυρεῖ περὶ ἐμοῦ ὅτι ὁ πατήρ με ἀπέσταλκεν.
Greek NT
Ego autem habeo testimonium majus Joanne. Opera enim quæ dedit mihi Pater ut perficiam ea : ipsa opera, quæ ego facio, testimonium perhibent de me, quia Pater misit me :
Vulgate
But the witness which I have is greater than that of John; for the works which the Father hath given me to accomplish, the very works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.
ASV
But I have a greater testimony than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to perfect, the works themselves which I do, give testimony of me, that the Father hath sent me.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
20 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- μείζω — SBLGNT
- μείζω — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
- μείζων — Tregelles
- δέδωκέν — SBLGNT
- δέδωκέν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἔδωκέν — Robinson-Pierpont
- ἃ — SBLGNT
- ἃ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + ἐγὼ — Robinson-Pierpont
Themes
Historic Christian voices
6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§548The signs worked by Jesus attest that the Father has sent him. They invite belief in him.269 To those who turn to him in faith, he grants what they ask.270 So miracles strengthen faith in the One who does his Father's works; they bear witness that he is the Son of God.271 But his miracles can also be occasions for "offence";272 they are not intended to satisfy people's curiosit…
§582Going even further, Jesus perfects the dietary law, so important in Jewish daily life, by revealing its pedagogical meaning through a divine interpretation: "Whatever goes into a man from outside cannot defile him. . . (Thus he declared all foods clean.). . . What comes out of a man is what defiles a man. For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts. . ."346 In …
My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. The Jews understood rightly that Jesus was making himself equal with God. Calvin shows that Christ's defense is a full assertion of his divine nature: the Son does whatever the Father does. The Father has given all judgment to the Son. The hour is coming when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God and live — this refers both to t…
Cross-references
- 1John 2:1 — My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
- 1John 4:14 — And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
- 1John 5:9 — If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.
- 1John 5:11 — And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
- 2Pet 1:17 — For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
- Acts 2:22 — Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:
- Acts 2:22 — Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:
- John 2:23 — Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did.
- John 3:2 — The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.
- John 3:2 — The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.
- John 3:17 — For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
- John 3:17 — For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
- John 4:34 — Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
- John 4:34 — Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
- John 5:32 — There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.
- John 5:39 — Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
- John 6:27 — Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
- John 9:4 — I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
- John 9:30 — The man answered and said unto them, Why herein is a marvellous thing, that ye know not from whence he is, and yet he hath opened mine eyes.
- John 10:25 — Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father’s name, they bear witness of me.
- John 10:37 — If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.
- John 10:38 — But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.
- John 14:10 — Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
- John 14:11 — Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works’ sake.
- John 15:24 — If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
- John 15:24 — If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
- John 17:3 — And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
- Matt 11:4 — Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see:
- Matt 11:5 — The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
- Num 16:28 — And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the LORD hath sent me to do all these works; for I have not done them of mine own mind.