John 5:34

But I receive not testimony from man,.... He stood in no need of an human testimony, nor did he rest the truth of his deity and divine sonship thereon: he had other and greater testimonies to produce;…

I receive not testimony from men - I do not depend for proof of my Messiahship on the testimony of men, nor do I pride myself on the commendations or flattery of men. But these things ... - “This…

But I receive not testimony from man [only] - I have no need of John's testimony: the works that I do bear sufficient testimony to me, Joh 5:36.

But these things I say, etc. - You believed John to be…

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):…

The unbelief of the Jews

31 35. These claims rest not on My testimony alone, nor on that of John, but on that of the Father.