Ἰωάννην 5:33

Greek Modern Translation

Σεις απεστειλατε προς τον Ιωαννην, και εμαρτυρησεν εις την αληθειαν·

Parallel Translations

Byzantine/Majority Text
υμεις απεσταλκατε προς ιωαννην και μεμαρτυρηκεν τη αληθεια

SBL Greek New Testament (2010)
ὑμεῖς ἀπεστάλκατε πρὸς Ἰωάννην, καὶ μεμαρτύρηκε τῇ ἀληθείᾳ·

Tischendorf 8th Edition
ὑμεῖς ἀπεστάλκατε πρὸς Ἰωάννην, καὶ μεμαρτύρηκεν τῇ ἀληθείᾳ·

Textus Receptus (1550/1894)
υμεις απεσταλκατε προς ιωαννην και μεμαρτυρηκεν τη αληθεια

Westcott/Hort UBS4 (1881)
υμεις απεσταλκατε προς ιωαννην και μεμαρτυρηκεν τη αληθεια

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

sent: John 1:19-27

he: John 1:6-8, John 1:15-18, John 1:29-34, John 3:26-36

Reciprocal: Matthew 21:25 - Why Matthew 21:32 - and ye believed Luke 20:5 - Why John 1:7 - a witness Acts 13:24 - General Acts 19:4 - John

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Ye sent unto John,.... The sanhedrim at Jerusalem made a deputation of priests and Levites to him, to know who he was, whether the Messiah, or Elias, or that prophet, John 1:19. Now had they not looked upon him, from what they knew of him, or from the character they had of him, as a faithful witness, they would never have shown him so much respect, and have been at so much pains, and charge, as to send such a body of men so far unto him, as from Jerusalem to beyond Jordan; which circumstance our Lord improves in favour of this evidence he produces:

and he bare witness unto the truth; to Christ, who is the truth itself; and to the truth of his person, and office; to his dignity, and eternity, as being before him, though coming after him; and to his divine sonship, the thing now in debate, declaring, that he was the Son of God; and to his office, as Mediator, pointing to him as the Lamb of God, who, by his blood, and sacrifice, takes away the sins of men. The Ethiopic version reads by way of interrogation, "did not you send unto John?" &c.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ye sent unto John - See John 1:19.

He bare witness ... - See John 1:26, John 1:29, John 1:36. This testimony of John ought to have satisfied them. John was an eminent man; many of the Pharisees believed on him; he was candid, unambitious, sincere, and his evidence was impartial. On this Jesus might have rested the proof that he was the Messiah, but he was willing, also, to adduce evidence of a higher order.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 33. Ye sent unto John — I am not without human testimony of the most respectable kind:-Ye sent to John, and he bare witness. There are several circumstances in John's character which render his testimony unexceptionable.

1. He is consulted by the very enemies of Christ, as a very holy and extraordinary man.

2. He is perfectly free from all self-interest, having declined making the least advantage by his own reputation.

3. He is sincere, undaunted, and so averse from all kinds of flattery that he reproves Herod at the hazard of his liberty and life.

4. He was so far from being solicited by Christ to give his testimony that he had not even seen him when he gave it. See John 1:19-28.