5:31 “If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true.
1 tn Or “to bear witness.”
2 tn The masculine form has been retained here in the translation to maintain the connection with “a man of the Pharisees” in 3:1, with the understanding that the reference is to people of both genders.
3 tn See previous note on “man” in this verse.
4 sn See the note on Pharisees in 1:24.
5 tn Grk “Then the Pharisees said to him.”
6 sn Compare the charge You testify about yourself; your testimony is not true! to Jesus’ own statement about his testimony in 5:31.
7 tn Grk “I am the one who testifies about myself.”