Discovery BoxJohn 5:31 
ContextMore Testimony About Jesus
5:31 “If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true.
John 1:8
Context1:8 He himself was not the light, but he came to testify 1 about the light.
John 2:25
Context2:25 He did not need anyone to testify about man, 2 for he knew what was in man. 3
John 8:13
Context8:13 So the Pharisees 4 objected, 5 “You testify about yourself; your testimony is not true!” 6
John 8:18
Context8:18 I testify about myself 7 and the Father who sent me testifies about me.”
John 15:27
Context15:27 and you also will testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.
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.”
