John 5:35 BSB — MannaFest

John 5:35

John was a lamp that burned and gave light, and you were willing for a season to bask in his light.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

He was the lamp that burneth and shineth; and ye were willing to rejoice for a season in his light.

KJV

He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.

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Commentary

1 voice

Irenaeus

Fragments from the Lost Writings of Irenaeus (202)

The birth of John [the Baptist] brought the dumbness of Zacharias to an end. For he did not burden his father, when the voice issued forth from silence; but as when not believed it rendered him tongue-tied, so did the voice sounding out clearly set his father free, to whom he had both been announced and born. Now the voice and the burning light were a precursor of the Word and the Light.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

He was a burning and a shining light - Inwardly burning with love and zeal, outwardly shining in all holiness. And even ye were willing for a season - A short time only.

The Nineteenth Century4 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

He was - It is probable that John had been cast into prison before this. Hence, his public ministry had ceased, and our Saviour says he was such a light. Light - The word in the original properly means a “lamp,” and is not the same which in Joh 1:4-5 is translated “light.” That is a word commonly applied to the sun, the fountain of light; this means a lamp, or a light that is lit up or kindled artificially from oil or tallow. A teacher is often called a “light,” because he guides or illuminates the minds of others.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἐκεῖνος	ekeinos	He	G1565 →
ἦν	ēn	was	G1510 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
λύχνος	luchnos	lamp	G3088 →
ὁ	ho	which	G3588 →
καιόμενος	kaiomenos	is burning	G2545 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
φαίνων,	phainōn	shining,	G5316 →
ὑμεῖς	humeis	you yourselves	G4771 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
ἠθελήσατε	ēthelēsate	were willing	G2309 →
ἀγαλλιαθῆναι	agalliathēnai	to rejoice	G21 →
πρὸς	pros	for	G4314 →
ὥραν	hōran	a season	G5610 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
τῷ	tō	the	G3588 →
φωτὶ	phōti	light	G5457 →
αὐτοῦ.	autou	of him.	G846 →

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

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Peter 1:19
We also have the word of the prophets as confirmed beyond doubt. And you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day…
leads to
- Revelation 22:16
  “I, Jesus, have sent My angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the bright Morning Star.”
- Psalms 119:105
  Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
- Isaiah 9:2
  The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.
- John 5:39
  You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me,
- Isaiah 8:20
  To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.
Through
Matthew 11:11
Truly I tell you, among those born of women there has risen no one greater than John the Baptist. Yet even the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
leads to
- Luke 7:28
  I tell you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John, yet even the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”
- Ephesians 3:8
  Though I am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
- John 1:15
  John testified concerning Him. He cried out, saying, “This is He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.’”