John 5:35

Bishops' Bible (1568)

He was a burnyng & a shynyng lyght, and ye would for a season haue reioyced in his lyght.

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  • 2 Pet 1:19 : 19 We haue also a ryght sure worde of prophesie, wherevnto yf ye take heede, as vnto a lyght that shyneth in a darke place, ye do well, vntyll the day dawne, and the day starre arise in your heartes.
  • Matt 21:26 : 26 But yf we shall say of men, then feare we the people: for all men holde Iohn as a prophete.
  • Mark 6:20 : 20 For Herode feared Iohn, knowyng that he was a iuste man and an holye, and gaue hym reuerence: and when he hearde hym, he dyd many thynges, and hearde hym gladly.
  • Luke 1:15-17 : 15 For he shalbe great in the syght of the Lorde, and shall neither drynke wine nor strong drynke: and he shalbe fylled with the holy ghost, euen from his mothers wombe. 16 And many of the chyldren of Israel, shall he turne to their Lorde God. 17 And he shall go before hym, with the spirite and power of Elias, to turne the heartes of the fathers to the chyldren, and the disobedient to the wisedome of the iust men, to make redy a perfect people for the Lorde.
  • Luke 1:76-77 : 76 And thou childe shalt be called the prophete of the hyghest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lorde, to prepare his wayes. 77 To geue knowledge of saluation vnto his people, by the remission of their sinnes.
  • Luke 7:28 : 28 For I say vnto you, among womens chyldren, is there not a greater prophete then Iohn Baptist. Neuerthesse, he that is lesse in the kyngdome of God, is greater then he.
  • John 1:7-8 : 7 The same came for a witnesse, to beare witnesse of the lyght, that all men through hym myght beleue. 8 He was not that lyght: but was sent to beare witnesse of the lyght.
  • John 6:66 : 66 From that time, many of his disciples wet backe, & walked no more with him.
  • Gal 4:15-16 : 15 What is then your felicitie? For I beare you recorde, that yf it had ben possible, ye woulde haue plucked out your owne eyes, and haue geuen them to me. 16 Am I therfore become your enemie, because I tell you the trueth?
  • Ezek 33:31 : 31 They come vnto thee as the people vseth to come, and my people syt before thee, and heare thy wordes, but they do not therafter: for in their mouthes they make a iest of them, and their heart goeth after their couetousnes.
  • Matt 3:5-7 : 5 Then went out to hym Hierusalem, and all Iurie, and all the region rounde about Iordane, 6 And were baptized of hym in Iordane, confessyng their sinnes. 7 But when he sawe many of the Pharisees, and Saducees come to his baptisme, he sayde vnto them. O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the anger to come?
  • Matt 11:7-9 : 7 And as they departed, Iesus began to say vnto the multitude cocerning Iohn: What went ye out into the wildernesse to see? A reede shaken with the winde? 8 Or what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft rayment? Beholde, they that weare soft clothyng are in kinges houses. 9 But what went ye out for to see? A prophete? yea I say vnto you, and more then a prophete.
  • Matt 11:11 : 11 Ueryly I say vnto you, among them that are borne of women, arose not a greater then Iohn the Baptist: Notwithstandyng, he that is lesse in the kingdome of heauen, is greater then he.
  • Matt 13:20-21 : 20 But he that receaued the seede into stony places, the same is he that heareth the worde, and anone with ioy, receaueth it: 21 Yet hath he not roote in hym selfe, but dureth for a season: for when tribulation or persecution aryseth because of the worde, by and by he is offended.

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    4In it was lyfe, and the lyfe was the lyght of men,

    5And the lyght shyneth in darkenesse: and the darknesse comprehended it not.

    6There was a man sent from God, whose name was Iohn:

    7The same came for a witnesse, to beare witnesse of the lyght, that all men through hym myght beleue.

    8He was not that lyght: but was sent to beare witnesse of the lyght.

    9That lyght was the true lyght, which lyghteth euery man that commeth into the worlde.

    10He was in the worlde, and the worlde was made by hym, and the worlde knewe hym not.

  • John 5:36-41
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    36But I haue greater witnesse, then the witnesse of Iohn: For the workes whiche the father hath geuen me to finishe, the same workes that I do, beare witnesse of me, that the father hath sent me.

    37And the father hymselfe which hath sent me, hath borne witnesse of me. Ye haue not hearde his voyce at any tyme, nor seene his shape,

    38His worde haue ye not abydyng in you: For who he hath set, him ye beleue not.

    39Searche the scriptures, for in them ye thynke ye haue eternall lyfe: and they are they which testifie of me.

    40And yet wyll ye not come to me, that ye myght haue lyfe.

    41I receaue not prayse of men.

  • John 5:32-34
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    32There is another that beareth witnesse of me, and I am sure that the witnesse which he beareth of me is true.

    33Ye sent vnto Iohn, and he bare witnesse vnto the trueth.

    34But I receaue not the recorde of man: Neuerthelesse, these thinges I say, that ye myght be safe.

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    5As long as I am in the world, I am the lyght of the worlde.

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    12Then spake Iesus agayne vnto them, saying, I am the light of ye world: He that foloweth me, doth not walke in darknesse, but shal haue the light of life.

    13The pharisees therfore said vnto him: Thou bearest recorde of thy selfe, thy recorde is not true.

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    35Then Iesus sayde vnto them: Yet a litle while is the light with you. Walke while ye haue light, lest the darknesse come on you: For he that walketh in the darke, wotteth not whither he goeth.

    36Whyle ye haue lyght, beleue on the lyght, that ye may be the chyldren of the lyght. These thynges spake Iesus, and departed, & hyd hym selfe from the.

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    14Ye are the lyght of the worlde. A citie that is set on an hyll, can not be hyd.

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    16Let your lyght so shyne before men, that they may see your good workes, and glorifie your father, whiche is in heauen.

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    45And he that seeth me, seeth hym that sent me.

    46I am come a lyght into ye worlde, that whosoeuer beleueth on me, should not byde in darknesse.

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    14And the same word became fleshe, and dwelt among vs ( and we sawe the glory of it, as the glory of the only begotten sonne of the father) full of grace and trueth.

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    21But he that doeth trueth, cometh to the lyght, yt his deedes may be knowen, howe that they are wrought in God.

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    34And I sawe, and bare recorde, that he is the sonne of God.

    35The next day after, Iohn stoode agayne, and two of his disciples.

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    55And yet ye haue not knowen him, but I knowe hym: And if I say I knowe hym not, I shalbe a lyer lyke vnto you. But I knowe hym, & kepe his saying.

    56Your father Abraham was glad to see my day: and he saw it, and reioyced.

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    30This is he of whom I sayde, After me commeth a man, which is preferred before me, for he was before me.

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    28Ye your selues are witnesses, howe that I sayde I am not Christe, but am sent before hym.

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    5And this is the tydynges whiche we haue hearde of hym & declare vnto you, that God is lyght, & in hym is no darkenesse at all.

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    33No man lyghteth a candle, & putteth it in a priuie place, neither vnder a busshell: but on a candlesticke, that they which come in may see the lyght,

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    27And ye shall beare witnesse also, because ye haue ben with me from the begynnyng.

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    8Agayne, a newe commaundement I write vnto you, that is true in hym, and the same is true also in you: For the darkenesse is past, and the true lyght nowe shyneth.

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    11These thynges haue I spoken vnto you, that my ioy might remayne in you, and that your ioy myght be full.

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    7The worlde can not hate you, but me it hateth, because I testifie of it, that the workes therof are euyll.

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    38I speake that whiche I haue seene with my father: and ye do that whiche ye haue seene with your father.