John 5:37 BSB — MannaFest

John 5:37

And the Father who sent Me has Himself testified about Me. You have never heard His voice nor seen His form,

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And the Father that sent me, he hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form.

KJV

And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.

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Commentary

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Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

The Father himself ...hath borne witness of me - This God had done, 1. By the miracles which Jesus had performed, and of which he was conversing. 2. At the baptism of Jesus, where he said, “This is my beloved Son,” Mat 3:17. 3. In the prophecies of the Old Testament. It is not easy to say here to which of these he refers. Perhaps he has reference to all. Ye have neither heard his voice - This difficult passage has been interpreted in various ways.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: John (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1869)

In these verses we see the proof of our Lord Jesus Christ being the promised Messiah, set forth before the Jews in one view. Four different witnesses are brought forward. Four kinds of evidence are offered. His Father in heaven—His forerunner, John the Baptist—the miraculous works He had done—the Scriptures, which the Jews professed to honor—each and all are named by our Lord, as testifying that He was the Christ, the Son of God. Hard must those hearts have been which could hear such testimony; and yet remain unmoved!

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

I have greater witness--rather, "The witness which I have is greater." the works . . . bear witness of me--not simply as miracles nor even as a miracle of mercy, but these miracles, as He did them, with a will and a power, a majesty and a grace manifestly His own.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
ὁ	ho	the [One]	G3588 →
πέμψας	pempsas	having sent	G3992 →
με	me	Me	G3165 →
πατὴρ	patēr	[the] Father	G3962 →
ἐκεῖνος	ekeinos	Himself	G1565 →
μεμαρτύρηκεν	memarturēken	has borne witness	G3140 →
περὶ	peri	concerning	G4012 →
ἐμοῦ·	emou	Me;	G1473 →
οὔτε	oute	Neither	G3777 →
φωνὴν	phōnēn	voice	G5456 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of Him	G846 →
πώποτε	pōpote	at any time	G4455 →
ἀκηκόατε,	akēkoate	have You heard	G191 →
οὔτε	oute	nor	G3777 →
εἶδος	eidos	form	G1491 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of Him	G846 →
ἑωράκατε,	he'ōrakate	have you seen,	G3708 →

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
John 1:18
No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.
leads to
- Colossians 1:15
  The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
- John 6:46
  not that anyone has seen the Father except the One who is from God; only He has seen the Father.
- Matthew 11:27
  All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses…
- Luke 10:22
  All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to…
- 1 John 4:12
  No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.
Through
Matthew 3:17
And a voice from heaven said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased!”
leads to
- Isaiah 42:1
  “Here is My Servant, whom I uphold, My Chosen One, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will bring justice to the nations.
- Matthew 17:5
  While Peter was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him!”
- Psalms 2:7
  I will proclaim the decree spoken to Me by the LORD: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.