John 8:13

So the Pharisees said to Him, “You are testifying about Yourself; Your testimony is not valid.”

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KJV

The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest record of thyself; thy record is not true.

ASV

The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest witness of thyself; thy witness is not true.

YLT

The Pharisees, therefore, said to him, `Thou of thyself dost testify, thy testimony is not true;'

DBT

The Pharisees therefore said to him, Thou bearest witness concerning thyself; thy witness is not true.

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Dull and slow is the Pharisee, and most hardly led unto the power of seeing the Godhead of the Lord: he errs again by reason of the flesh, and imagines nought beyond what he sees. For while seeing that He uses utterances beyond man and hearing words most God-befitting, he yet conceives of bare man, not looking to the illustriousness of the Godhead nor opening the eye of his understanding to look at Emmanuel.

Cyril of Alexandria· Commentary on the Gospel of John, Book 5, 444patristic

Related commentary

The Pharisees therefore said unto him,.... On account of his declaring himself the light of the world: these were either the same who went out of the temple, filled with remorse of conscience, and were now returned, and bearing him a grudge, came to take some advantage against him, if they could; or they were others of the same complexion, sent by them, to make their observations on him: thou bearest record of thyself.

John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)reformed

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.

Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)evangelical

In this objection they went upon the suspicion which we commonly have of men's self-condemnation, which is concluded to be the native language of self-love, such as we are all ready to condemn in others, but few are willing to own in themselves.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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How the Hebraic tradition has read this verse — and Marcus Brown’s own reading of it.

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1 John 5:7
For there are three that testify:
John 5:31–47
If I testify about Myself, My testimony is not valid.
1 John 5:11
And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
John 12:17
Meanwhile, many people continued to testify that they had been with Jesus when He called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead.
Hebrews 12:3
Consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.

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Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

Jesus and the Woman Taken in Adultery — Gustave Doré (engraving) — public domain

John — The Gospel of sevens and signs. Seven signs, seven 'I AM' sayings, a prologue and an epilogue — written 'that ye might believe' (20:31).

Canon: New Testament
Author: John the Apostle (2nd-century patristic attribution + internal claims)
Date: c. AD 85–95

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