“Alius est qui testimonium perhibet de me : et scio quia verum est testimonium, quod perhibet de me.”
“There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.”
“There is another who testifies about Me, and I know that His testimony about Me is valid.”
“It is another who testifies about me. I know that the testimony which he testifies about me is true.”
“It is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.”
1. The Father himself bore testimony to him (v. 32): There is another that beareth witness. I take this to be meant of God the Father, for Christ mentions his testimony with his own (ch. 8 18): I bear witness of myself, and the Father beareth witness of me. Observe,
Verses 30-38 Our Lord returns to his declaration of the entire agreement between the Father and the Son, and declared himself the Son of God. He had higher testimony than that of John; his works bore witness to all he had said. But the Divine word had no abiding-place in their hearts, as they refused to believe in Him whom the Father had sent, according to his ancient promises. The voice of God, accompanied by the power of the Holy Ghost, thus made effectual to the conversion of sinners, still proclaims that this is the beloved Son, in whom the Father is well pleased. But when the hearts of men are full of pride, ambition, and the love of the world, there is no room for the word of God to abide in them.