Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
There is another—that is, the Father, as is plain from the connection. How brightly the distinction of the Persons shines out here!
and I know that the witness, etc.—"This is the Son's testimony to the Father's truth (see John 7:28; John 8:26, John 8:55). It testifies to the full consciousness on the part of the Son, even in the days of His humiliation, of the righteousness of the Father" [ALFORD]. And thus He cheered His spirit under the cloud of human opposition which was already gathering over His head.
of mine own self do nothing—that is, apart from the Father, or in any interest than My own. (See on John 5:19).
as I hear—that is, "My judgments are all anticipated in the bosom of My Father, to which I have immediate access, and by Me only responded to and reflected. They cannot therefore err, as I live for one end only, to carry into effect the will of Him that sent Me."
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing John 5:32:
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