John 5:33

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, Joh 1:19. Now had they not looked…

Ye sent unto John - See Joh 1:19. He bare witness ... - See Joh 1:26, Joh 1:29, Joh 1:36. This testimony of John ought to have satisfied them. John was an eminent man; many of the Pharisees believed…

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…

In these verses our Lord Jesus proves and confirms the commission he had produced, and makes it out that he was sent of God to be the Messiah.

I. He sets aside his own testimony of himself (Joh 5:31):…

Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness Better, Ye have sent unto John, and he hath borne witness. -What ye have heard from him is true; but I do not accept it, for I need not the testimony of man. I…