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Syriac Peshitta (NT Only)
John 5:41
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
John 5:34, John 6:15, John 7:18, John 8:50, John 8:54, 1 Thessalonians 2:6, 1 Peter 2:21, 2 Peter 1:17
Reciprocal: Matthew 6:2 - glory Matthew 8:4 - See Mark 5:43 - he charged Mark 10:18 - Why John 12:43 - they
Gill's Notes on the Bible
I receive not honour from men. Not but that honour from men was due to Christ; and it becomes all men to honour him, as they do the Father; and he does receive honour and glory, and blessing from his saints, by their praying to him, praising him, believing in him, and serving him; but his sense is, that in asserting his equality with the Father, and in producing the testimonies he did, in proof of it, his view was not to obtain honour and applause among men, but to vindicate himself, and glorify his Father: nor did he say what he had just now said, about men's coming to him, with any such intention, to gather a party to him, to set up himself as a temporal king, in great pomp and splendour, and receive worldly homage and honour from men, as his subjects; for his kingdom was not of this world, and coming and subjection to him were things of a spiritual nature.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
I receive not honour ... - “I do not say these things because I am desirous of human applause, but to account for the fact that you do not believe on me. The reason is, that you have not the love of God in you.” In this passage we see:
- That we should not seek for human applause. It is of very little value, and it often keeps men from the approbation of God, John 5:44.
- They who will not believe on Jesus Christ give evidence that they have no love for God.
- The reason why they do not believe on him is because they have no regard for his character, wishes, or law.
Love of God - Love to God.
In you - In your hearts. You do not love God.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 41. I receive not honour from men. — I do not stand in need of you or your testimony. I act neither through self-interest nor vanity. Your salvation can add nothing to me, nor can your destruction injure me: I speak only through my love for your souls, that ye may be saved.
