John 5:37

Geneva Bible (1560)

And the Father himselfe, which hath sent me, beareth witnesse of me. Ye haue not heard his voyce at any time, neither haue ye seene his shape.

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  • John 8:18 : 18 I am one that beare witnes of my selfe, and the Father that sent me, beareth witnes of me.
  • John 1:18 : 18 No man hath seene God at any time: that onely begotten Sonne, which is in the bosome of the Father, he hath declared him.
  • Matt 3:17 : 17 And loe, a voyce came from heauen, saying, This is my beloued Sonne, in whome I am well pleased.
  • Deut 4:12 : 12 And the Lorde spake vnto you out of the middes of the fire, and ye heard the voyce of the wordes, but sawe no similitude, saue a voyce.
  • John 14:9 : 9 Iesus sayd vnto him, I haue bene so long time with you, and hast thou not knowen mee, Philippe? he that hath seene me, hath seene my Father: how then sayest thou, Shewe vs thy Father?
  • 1 Tim 1:17 : 17 Nowe vnto the King euerlasting, immortall, inuisible, vnto God onely wise, be honour and glorie, for euer, and euer, Amen.
  • 1 Tim 6:16 : 16 Who onely hath immortalitie, and dwelleth in the light that none can attaine vnto, whom neuer man sawe, neither can see, vnto whome bee honour and power euerlasting, Amen.
  • 1 John 1:1-2 : 1 That which was from the beginning, which wee haue heard, which wee haue seene with these our eyes, which wee haue looked vpon, and these handes of ours haue handled of that Word of life, 2 (For that life was made manifest, and wee haue seene it, and beare witnes, and shewe vnto you that eternall life, which was with the Father, and was made manifest vnto vs)
  • 1 John 4:12 : 12 No man hath seene God at any time. If we loue one another, God dwelleth in vs, and his loue is perfect in vs.
  • 1 John 4:20 : 20 If any man say, I loue God, and hate his brother, he is a liar: for how can he that loueth not his brother whom he hath seene, loue God whom he hath not seene?
  • John 15:24 : 24 If I had not done workes among them which none other man did, they had not had sinne: but nowe haue they both seene, and haue hated both me, and my Father.
  • John 6:27 : 27 Labour not for ye meate which perisheth, but for the meate that endureth vnto euerlasting life, which the Sonne of man shal giue vnto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
  • Exod 20:19 : 19 And sayde vnto Moses, Talke thou with vs, and we will heare: but let not God talke with vs, lest we die.
  • Matt 17:5 : 5 While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloude shadowed them: and beholde, there came a voyce out of the cloude, saying, This is that my beloued Sonne, in whom I am wel pleased: heare him.

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  • John 5:30-36
    7 verses
    83%

    30I can doe nothing of mine owne selfe: as I heare, I iudge: and my iudgement is iust, because I seeke not mine owne will, but the will of the Father who hath sent me.

    31If I should beare witnesse of my selfe, my witnesse were not true.

    32There is another that beareth witnesse of me, and I know that the witnesse, which he beareth of me, is true.

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

    34But I receiue not the record of man: neuerthelesse these things I say, that ye might be saued.

    35He was a burning, & a shining candle: and ye would for a season haue reioyced in his light.

    36But I haue greater witnesse then the witnesse of Iohn: for the workes which the Father hath giuen me to finish, the same workes that I doe, beare witnesse of me, that the Father sent me.

  • John 5:38-39
    2 verses
    80%

    38And his worde haue you not abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye beleeued not.

    39Searche the Scriptures: for in them ye thinke to haue eternall life, and they are they which testifie of me.

  • John 8:18-19
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    18I am one that beare witnes of my selfe, and the Father that sent me, beareth witnes of me.

    19Then saide they vnto him, Where is that Father of thine? Iesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor that Father of mine. If ye had knowen me, ye should haue knowen that Father of mine also.

  • 46Not that any man hath seene the Father, saue hee which is of God, hee hath seene the Father.

  • 18No man hath seene God at any time: that onely begotten Sonne, which is in the bosome of the Father, he hath declared him.

  • 38I speake that which I haue seene with my Father: and ye doe that which ye haue seene with your father.

  • 45And he that seeth me, seeth him that sent me.

  • John 14:9-11
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    9Iesus sayd vnto him, I haue bene so long time with you, and hast thou not knowen mee, Philippe? he that hath seene me, hath seene my Father: how then sayest thou, Shewe vs thy Father?

    10Beleeuest thou not, that I am in the Father, and the Father is in me? The wordes that I speake vnto you, I speake not of my selfe: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the workes.

    11Beleeue me, that I am in the Father, and the Father is in me: at the least, beleeue me for the very workes sake.

  • 49For I haue not spoken of my selfe: but the Father which sent me, hee gaue me a commaundement what I should say, and what I should speake.

  • 7If ye had knowen mee, ye should haue knowen my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and haue seene him.

  • 25O righteous Father, the worlde also hath not knowen thee, but I haue knowen thee, and these haue knowen, that thou hast sent me.

  • 27For the Father himselfe loueth you, because ye haue loued me, and haue beleeued that I came out from God.

  • 25Iesus answered them, I tolde you, and ye beleeue not: the workes that I doe in my Fathers Name, they beare witnes of me.

  • John 5:19-20
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    19Then answered Iesus, and said vnto them, Verely, verely I say vnto you, The Sonne can doe nothing of himselfe, saue that he seeth the Father doe: for whatsoeuer things he doth, the same things doeth the Sonne in like maner.

    20For the Father loueth the Sonne, & sheweth him all things, whatsoeuer he himselfe doeth, and he will shewe him greater workes then these, that ye should marueile.

  • 34For hee whome God hath sent, speaketh the woordes of God: for God giueth him not the Spirit by measure.

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    26But when that Comforter shall come, whom I will send vnto you from the Father, euen the Spirit of trueth, which proceedeth of the Father, he shall testifie of me.

    27And ye shall witnesse also, because ye haue bene with me from the beginning.

  • 42Therefore Iesus sayde vnto them, If God were your Father, then woulde ye loue mee: for I proceeded foorth, and came from God, neither came I of my selfe, but he sent me.

  • 32And what hee hath seene and heard, that he testifieth: but no ma receiueth his testimonie.

  • 23Because that all men shoulde honour the Sonne, as they honour the Father: he that honoureth not the Sonne, the same honoureth not the Father, which hath sent him.

  • 43I am come in my Fathers Name, and ye receiue me not: if another shall come in his owne name, him will ye receiue.

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    37If I doe not the workes of my Father, beleeue me not.

    38But if I doe, then though ye beleeue not mee, yet beleeue the workes, that ye may knowe and beleeue, that the Father is in me, and I in him.

  • 16And if I also iudge, my iudgement is true: for I am not alone, but I, and the Father, that sent mee.

  • 11Verely, verely I say vnto thee, wee speake that we know, and testifie that we haue seene: but yee receiue not our witnesse.

  • 27All things are giuen vnto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Sonne, but ye Father: neither knoweth any man ye Father, but the Sonne, and he to whom ye Sonne will reueile him.

  • 17But Iesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I worke.

  • 5And nowe glorifie me, thou Father, with thine owne selfe, with the glorie which I had with thee before the world was.

  • 37And Iesus sayd vnto him, Both thou hast seene him, and he it is that talketh with thee.

  • 26I haue many things to say, & to iudge of you: but he that sent me, is true, & the things that I haue heard of him, those speake I to the world.

  • John 7:28-29
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    28Then cried Iesus in the Temple as hee taught, saying, Ye both knowe mee, and knowe whence I am: yet am I not come of my selfe, but he that sent me, is true, whome ye knowe not.

    29But I knowe him: for I am of him, and he hath sent me.

  • 29For he that sent me, is with me: the Father hath not left me alone, because I do alwayes those things that please him.

  • 30I and my Father are one.

  • 24If I had not done workes among them which none other man did, they had not had sinne: but nowe haue they both seene, and haue hated both me, and my Father.

  • 54Iesus answered, If I honour my selfe, mine honour is nothing worth: it is my Father that honoureth me, whome ye say, that hee is your God.

  • 25These things haue I spoken vnto you in parables: but the time will come, when I shall no more speake to you in parables: but I shall shew you plainely of the Father.

  • 28Ye haue heard howe I saide vnto you, I goe away, and will come vnto you. If ye loued me, ye would verely reioyce, because I said, I goe vnto the Father: for the Father is greater then I.

  • 17For he receiued of God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voyce to him from that excellent glory, This is my beloued Sonne, in whom I am well pleased.