Discovery BoxJohn 5:33-36 
Context5:33 You have sent to John, 1 and he has testified to the truth. 5:34 (I do not accept 2 human testimony, but I say this so that you may be saved.) 5:35 He was a lamp that was burning and shining, 3 and you wanted to rejoice greatly for a short time 4 in his light.
5:36 “But I have a testimony greater than that from John. For the deeds 5 that the Father has assigned me to complete – the deeds 6 I am now doing – testify about me that the Father has sent me.
1 sn John refers to John the Baptist.
2 tn Or “I do not receive.”
3 sn He was a lamp that was burning and shining. Sir 48:1 states that the word of Elijah was “a flame like a torch.” Because of the connection of John the Baptist with Elijah (see John 1:21 and the note on John’s reply, “I am not”), it was natural for Jesus to apply this description to John.
4 tn Grk “for an hour.”
5 tn Or “works.”
6 tn Grk “complete, which I am now doing”; the referent of the relative pronoun has been specified by repeating “deeds” from the previous clause.
