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John 5:36 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" But the testimony which I have is greater than that of John; for the works which the Father gave me to accomplish, the very works that I do, testify about me, that the Father has sent me. "

John 5:36

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34 But the testimony which I receive is not from man. However, I say these things that you may be saved.

35 He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.

36 But the testimony which I have is greater than that of John; for the works which the Father gave me to accomplish, the very works that I do, testify about me, that the Father has sent me.

37 The Father himself, who sent me, has testified about me. You have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form.

38 You don’t have his word living in you, because you don’t believe him whom he sent.

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"For he received from God the Father honor and glory when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”"

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"After these things, there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem."

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"Now in Jerusalem by the sheep gate, there is a pool, which is called in Hebrew, “Bethesda”, having five porches."

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"In these lay a great multitude of those who were sick, blind, lame, or paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water;"

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"for an angel went down at certain times into the pool and stirred up the water. Whoever stepped in first after the stirring of the water was healed of whatever disease he had."

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"A certain man was there who had been sick for thirty-eight years."

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