John 5:43

Weymouth New Testament

I have come as my Father's representative, and you do not receive me. If some one else comes representing only himself, him you will receive.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I have come in my Father’s name,

King James Version (1611)
I am come in my Fathers name, and ye receiue me not: if another shall come in his owne Name, him ye will receiue.

King James Version
I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.

English Standard Version
I have come in my Father's name, and you do not receive me. If another comes in his own name, you will receive him.

New American Standard Bible
"I have come in My Father's name, and you do not receive Me; if another comes in his own name, you will receive him.

New Century Version
I have come from my Father and speak for him, but you don't accept me. But when another person comes, speaking only for himself, you will accept him.

Amplified Bible
"I have come in My Father's name and with His power, and you do not receive Me [because your minds are closed]; but if another comes in his own name and with no authority or power except his own, you will receive him and give your approval to an imposter.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"I have come in My Father's name, and you do not receive Me; if another comes in his own name, you will receive him.

Legacy Standard Bible
I have come in My Father's name, and you do not receive Me; if another comes in his own name, you will receive him.

Berean Standard Bible
I have come in My Father's name, and you have not received Me; but if someone else comes in his own name, you will receive him.

Contemporary English Version
I have come with my Father's authority, and you have not welcomed me. But you will welcome people who come on their own.

Complete Jewish Bible
I have come in my Father's name, and you don't accept me; if someone else comes in his own name, him you will accept.

Darby Translation
I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not; if another come in his own name, him ye will receive.

Easy-to-Read Version
I have come from my Father and speak for him, but you don't accept me. But when other people come speaking only for themselves, you accept them.

Geneva Bible (1587)
I am come in my Fathers Name, and ye receiue me not: if another shall come in his owne name, him will ye receiue.

George Lamsa Translation
I have come in the name of my Father, and you do not receive me; if another should come in his own name, you will receive him.

Good News Translation
I have come with my Father's authority, but you have not received me; when, however, someone comes with his own authority, you will receive him.

Lexham English Bible
I have come in my Father's name, and you do not accept me. If another should come in his own name, you would accept that one!

Literal Translation
I have come in the name of My Father, and you do not receive Me. If another comes in his own name, you will receive that one.

American Standard Version
I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.

Bible in Basic English
I have come in my Father's name, and your hearts are not open to me. If another comes with no other authority but himself, you will give him your approval.

Hebrew Names Version
I have come in my Father's name, and you don't receive me. If another comes in his own name, you will receive him.

International Standard Version
I have come in my Father's name, and you do not accept me. Yet if another man comes in his own name, you will accept him.

Etheridge Translation
I have come in the name of my Father, and you have not received me.

Murdock Translation
I came in the name of my Father, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
I am come in my fathers name, and ye receaue me not. Yf another come in his owne name, hym wyll ye receaue.

English Revised Version
I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.

World English Bible
I have come in my Father's name, and you don't receive me. If another comes in his own name, you will receive him.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Y cam in the name of my fadir, and ye token not me. If another come in his owne name, ye schulen resseyue hym.

Update Bible Version
I have come in my Father's name, and you do not receive me: if another shall come in his own name, him you will receive.

Webster's Bible Translation
I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.

New English Translation
I have come in my Father's name, and you do not accept me. If someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him.

New King James Version
I have come in My Father's name, and you do not receive Me; if another comes in his own name, him you will receive.

New Living Translation
For I have come to you in my Father's name, and you have rejected me. Yet if others come in their own name, you gladly welcome them.

New Life Bible
I have come in the name of My Father. You do not receive Me. If another person comes in his own name, you will receive him.

New Revised Standard
I have come in my Father's name, and you do not accept me; if another comes in his own name, you will accept him.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
I, have come, in the name of my Father, - and ye are not receiving me: If, another, shall come in his own name, him, ye will receive!

Douay-Rheims Bible
I am come in the name of my Father, and you receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him you will receive.

Revised Standard Version
I have come in my Father's name, and you do not receive me; if another comes in his own name, him you will receive.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
I am come in my fathers name and ye receave me not. Yf another shall come in his awne name him will ye receave.

Young's Literal Translation
`I have come in the name of my Father, and ye do not receive me; if another may come in his own name, him ye will receive;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I am come in my fathers name, and ye receaue me not. Yf another shal come in his awne name, him wil ye receaue.

Mace New Testament (1729)
I am come in my father's name, and you receive me not: if another should come in his own name, him you will receive.

Simplified Cowboy Version
I have been sent by my Father and you turn me away. I have come saying, 'Look at God' and you reject me. Others have come saying, 'Look at me' and you welcome them.

Contextual Overview

³¹ "If I give testimony concerning myself, my testimony cannot be accepted. ³² There is Another who gives testimony concerning me, and I know that the testimony is true which He offers concerning me. ³³ "You sent to John, and he both was and still is a witness to the truth. ³⁴ But the testimony on my behalf which I accept is not from man; though I say all this in order that you may be saved. ³⁵ He was the lamp that burned and shone, and for a time you were willing to be gladdened by his light. ³⁶ "But the testimony which I have is weightier than that of John; for the work the Father has assigned to me for me to bring it to completion--the very work which I am doing--affords testimony concerning me that the Father has sent me. ³⁷ And the Father who sent me, *He* has given testimony concerning me. None of you have ever either heard His voice or seen what He is like. ³⁸ Nor have you His word dwelling within you, for you refuse to believe Him whom *He* has sent. ³⁹ "You search the Scriptures, because you suppose that in them you will find the Life of the Ages; and it is those Scriptures that yield testimony concerning me; ⁴⁰ and yet you are unwilling to come to me that you may have Life.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

come: John 3:16, John 6:38, John 8:28, John 8:29, John 10:25, John 12:28, John 17:4-6, Ezekiel 23:21, Hebrews 5:4, Hebrews 5:5

if: Matthew 24:5, Matthew 24:24, Acts 5:36, Acts 5:37, Acts 21:38

Reciprocal: Exodus 5:23 - in thy name Matthew 24:23 - General Mark 13:6 - many Mark 13:21 - General Luke 21:8 - for John 3:11 - ye John 5:38 - for John 7:28 - and I John 8:26 - to judge John 8:42 - neither John 8:43 - do

Gill's Notes on the Bible

I am come in my Father's name,.... Power and authority; by his consent, with his will, and according to a covenant with him: Christ came not of himself, of his own accord, by a separate power and will of his own, but was called, and sent, and came by mutual agree meat; and brought his credentials with him, doing the works and miracles which his Father gave him to finish:

and ye receive me not; notwithstanding this they rejected him as the Messiah, and would not receive him as such; yea, traduced him as an impostor, and a deceiver:

if another shall come in his own name; which some understand of Simon Magus, others of antichrist; rather the false Christs are intended, of whom our Lord speaks, in Matthew 24:24, who would rise up of themselves, and not be able to give any proof of their mission; or do anything which might entitle them to the character of the Messiah, or Christ, a name they would take to themselves: and so the Ethiopic version reads, "if another shall come in my name"; saying he is Christ, or the Messiah:

him ye will receive; as thousands of them did receive Barchocab, the false Christ, who rose up some years after in Adrian's time; and even some of their greatest Rabbins, as particularly the famous R. Akiba, who was his armour bearer: and it is easy to observe, that though they were so backward to receive, and so much prejudiced against the true Messiah, they were always forward enough to embrace a false one: and indeed to follow any, that set up himself for a temporal deliverer of them; as the instances of Theudas, and Judas of Galilee, with others, show; see Acts 5:36. And the true reason why they rejected Christ was, because he did not appear in outward pomp and glory, nor set up a temporal kingdom, or give out that he would deliver them from the Roman yoke.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I am come in my Father’s name - By the authority of God; or giving proof that I am sent by him.

If another shall come in his own name - A false teacher setting up himself, and not even pretending to have a divine commission. The Jews were much accustomed to receive and follow particular teachers. In the time of Christ they were greatly divided between the schools of Hillel and Shammai, two famous teachers.

Ye will receive - You will follow, or obey him as a teacher.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 43. I am come in my Father's name — With all his influence and authority. Among the rabbins, it was essential to a teacher's credit that he should be able to support his doctrine by the authority of some eminent persons who had gone before. Hence the form, Coming in the name of another.

If another shall come in his own name — Having no Divine influence, and no other authority than his own, him ye will receive. That this was notoriously the case may appear from Josephus, Antiq. b. xviii. c. 14; Acts 5:36-37; Eusebius, Eccl. Hist. b. iv. c. 6. It is by the just judgment of God, that those who will not believe the truth of God shall be so given up as to believe the most absurd of lies. For an account of these false Christs, Matthew 24:5.