John 5:33

King James Version

Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
You sent messengers to John, and he testified to the truth.

King James Version (1611)
Ye sent vnto Iohn, and he bare witnesse vnto the trueth.

English Standard Version
You sent to John, and he has borne witness to the truth.

New American Standard Bible
"You have sent messengers to John, and he has testified to the truth.

New Century Version
"You have sent people to John, and he has told you the truth.

Amplified Bible
"You have sent [an inquiry] to John [the Baptist] and he has testified [as an eyewitness] to the truth.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth.

Legacy Standard Bible
You have sent to John, and he has borne witness to the truth.

Berean Standard Bible
You have sent to John and he has testified to the truth.

Contemporary English Version
You sent messengers to John, and he told them the truth.

Complete Jewish Bible
you have sent to Yochanan, and he has testified to the truth.

Darby Translation
Ye have sent unto John, and he has borne witness to the truth.

Easy-to-Read Version
"You sent men to John, and he told you what is true.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Ye sent vnto Iohn, and he bare witnesse vnto the trueth.

George Lamsa Translation
You sent to John, and he testified concerning the truth.

Good News Translation
John is the one to whom you sent your messengers, and he spoke on behalf of the truth.

Lexham English Bible
You have sent to John and he has testified to the truth.

Literal Translation
You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth.

American Standard Version
Ye have sent unto John, and he hath borne witness unto the truth.

Bible in Basic English
You sent to John and he gave true witness.

Hebrew Names Version
You have sent to Yochanan, and he has testified to the truth.

International Standard Version
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Etheridge Translation
You sent to Juchanon, and he witnessed of the truth.

Murdock Translation
Ye sent unto John; and he bore testimony to the truth.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Ye sent vnto Iohn, and he bare witnesse vnto the trueth.

English Revised Version
Ye have sent unto John, and he hath borne witness unto the truth.

World English Bible
You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Ye sent to John, and he bare testimony to the truth.

Weymouth's New Testament
"You sent to John, and he both was and still is a witness to the truth.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Ye senten to Joon, and he bar witnessyng to treuthe.

Update Bible Version
You have sent to John, and he has borne witness to the truth.

Webster's Bible Translation
Ye sent to John, and he testified to the truth.

New English Translation
You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth.

New King James Version
You have sent to John, and he has borne witness to the truth.

New Living Translation
In fact, you sent investigators to listen to John the Baptist, and his testimony about me was true.

New Life Bible
"You sent to John the Baptist and he told you the truth.

New Revised Standard
You sent messengers to John, and he testified to the truth.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Ye, have sent forth unto John, - and he hath borne witness to the truth: -

Douay-Rheims Bible
You sent to John: and he gave testimony to the truth.

Revised Standard Version
You sent to John, and he has borne witness to the truth.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Ye sent vnto Iohn and he bare witnes vnto the truthe.

Young's Literal Translation
ye have sent unto John, and he hath testified to the truth.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Ye sent vnto Ihon, and he bare wytnes of the trueth.

Mace New Testament (1729)
you yourselves sent to John, and he bore witness to the truth.

Simplified Cowboy Version
In fact, y'all sent people to listen to John the Baptizer, and everything he said was the truth.

Contextual Overview

³¹ If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. ³² There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true. ³³ Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth. ³⁴ But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved. ³⁵ He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light. ³⁶ But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me. ³⁷ And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape. ³⁸ And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not. ³⁹ Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. ⁴⁰ And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

sent: John 1:19-27

he: John 1:6-8, John 1:15-18, John 1:29-34, John 3:26-36

Reciprocal: Matthew 21:25 - Why Matthew 21:32 - and ye believed Luke 20:5 - Why John 1:7 - a witness Acts 13:24 - General Acts 19:4 - John

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Ye sent unto John,.... The sanhedrim at Jerusalem made a deputation of priests and Levites to him, to know who he was, whether the Messiah, or Elias, or that prophet, John 1:19. Now had they not looked upon him, from what they knew of him, or from the character they had of him, as a faithful witness, they would never have shown him so much respect, and have been at so much pains, and charge, as to send such a body of men so far unto him, as from Jerusalem to beyond Jordan; which circumstance our Lord improves in favour of this evidence he produces:

and he bare witness unto the truth; to Christ, who is the truth itself; and to the truth of his person, and office; to his dignity, and eternity, as being before him, though coming after him; and to his divine sonship, the thing now in debate, declaring, that he was the Son of God; and to his office, as Mediator, pointing to him as the Lamb of God, who, by his blood, and sacrifice, takes away the sins of men. The Ethiopic version reads by way of interrogation, "did not you send unto John?" &c.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ye sent unto John - See John 1:19.

He bare witness ... - See John 1:26, John 1:29, John 1:36. This testimony of John ought to have satisfied them. John was an eminent man; many of the Pharisees believed on him; he was candid, unambitious, sincere, and his evidence was impartial. On this Jesus might have rested the proof that he was the Messiah, but he was willing, also, to adduce evidence of a higher order.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 33. Ye sent unto John — I am not without human testimony of the most respectable kind:-Ye sent to John, and he bare witness. There are several circumstances in John's character which render his testimony unexceptionable.

1. He is consulted by the very enemies of Christ, as a very holy and extraordinary man.

2. He is perfectly free from all self-interest, having declined making the least advantage by his own reputation.

3. He is sincere, undaunted, and so averse from all kinds of flattery that he reproves Herod at the hazard of his liberty and life.

4. He was so far from being solicited by Christ to give his testimony that he had not even seen him when he gave it. See John 1:19-28.