Savior's Witnesses

³¹"If I bear witness of Myself, My witness is not true. ³²There is another who bears witness of Me, and I know that the witness which He witnesses of Me is true. ³³You have sent to John, and he has borne witness to the truth. ³⁴Yet I do not receive testimony from man, but I say these things that you may be saved. ³⁵He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing for a time to rejoice in his light. ³⁶But I have a greater witness than John's; for the works which the Father has given Me to finish--the very works that I do--bear witness of Me, that the Father has sent Me. ³⁷And the Father Himself, who sent Me, has testified of Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time, nor seen His form. ³⁸But you do not have His word abiding in you, because whom He sent, Him you do not believe. ³⁹You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me. ⁴⁰But you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life. ⁴¹"I do not receive honor from men. ⁴²But I know you, that you do not have the love of God in you. ⁴³I have come in My Father's name, and you do not receive Me; if another comes in his own name, him you will receive. ⁴⁴How can you believe, who receive honor from one another, and do not seek the honor that comes from the only God? ⁴⁵Do not think that I shall accuse you to the Father; there is one who accuses you--Moses, in whom you trust. ⁴⁶For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; for he wrote about Me. ⁴⁷But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?"

^٣١ «إِنْ كُنْتُ أَشْهَدُ لِنَفْسِي فَشَهَادَتِي لَيْسَتْ حَقًّا. ^٣٢ٱلَّذِي يَشْهَدُ لِي هُوَ آخَرُ، وَأَنَا أَعْلَمُ أَنَّ شَهَادَتَهُ ٱلَّتِي يَشْهَدُهَا لِي هِيَ حَقٌّ. ^٣٣أَنْتُمْ أَرْسَلْتُمْ إِلَى يُوحَنَّا فَشَهِدَ لِلْحَقِّ. ^٣٤وَأَنَا لَا أَقْبَلُ شَهَادَةً مِنْ إِنْسَانٍ، وَلَكِنِّي أَقُولُ هَذَا لِتَخْلُصُوا أَنْتُمْ. ^٣٥كَانَ هُوَ ٱلسِّرَاجَ ٱلْمُوقَدَ ٱلْمُنِيرَ، وَأَنْتُمْ أَرَدْتُمْ أَنْ تَبْتَهِجُوا بِنُورِهِ سَاعَةً. ^٣٦وَأَمَّا أَنَا فَلِي شَهَادَةٌ أَعْظَمُ مِنْ يُوحَنَّا، لِأَنَّ ٱلْأَعْمَالَ ٱلَّتِي أَعْطَانِي ٱلْآبُ لِأُكَمِّلَهَا، هَذِهِ ٱلْأَعْمَالُ بِعَيْنِهَا ٱلَّتِي أَنَا أَعْمَلُهَا هِيَ تَشْهَدُ لِي أَنَّ ٱلْآبَ قَدْ أَرْسَلَنِي. ^٣٧وَٱلْآبُ نَفْسُهُ ٱلَّذِي أَرْسَلَنِي يَشْهَدُ لِي. لَمْ تَسْمَعُوا صَوْتَهُ قَطُّ، وَلَا أَبْصَرْتُمْ هَيْئَتَهُ، ^٣٨وَلَيْسَتْ لَكُمْ كَلِمَتُهُ ثَابِتَةً فِيكُمْ، لِأَنَّ ٱلَّذِي أَرْسَلَهُ هُوَ لَسْتُمْ أَنْتُمْ تُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِ. ^٣٩فَتِّشُوا ٱلْكُتُبَ لِأَنَّكُمْ تَظُنُّونَ أَنَّ لَكُمْ فِيهَا حَيَاةً أَبَدِيَّةً. وَهِيَ ٱلَّتِي تَشْهَدُ لِي. ^٤٠وَلَا تُرِيدُونَ أَنْ تَأْتُوا إِلَيَّ لِتَكُونَ لَكُمْ حَيَاةٌ. ^٤١«مَجْدًا مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَسْتُ أَقْبَلُ، ^٤٢وَلَكِنِّي قَدْ عَرَفْتُكُمْ أَنْ لَيْسَتْ لَكُمْ مَحَبَّةُ ٱللهِ فِي أَنْفُسِكُمْ. ^٤٣أَنَا قَدْ أَتَيْتُ بِٱسْمِ أَبِي وَلَسْتُمْ تَقْبَلُونَنِي. إِنْ أَتَى آخَرُ بِٱسْمِ نَفْسِهِ فَذَلِكَ تَقْبَلُونَهُ. ^٤٤كَيْفَ تَقْدِرُونَ أَنْ تُؤْمِنُوا وَأَنْتُمْ تَقْبَلُونَ مَجْدًا بَعْضُكُمْ مِنْ بَعْضٍ، وَٱلْمَجْدُ ٱلَّذِي مِنَ ٱلْإِلَهِ ٱلْوَاحِدِ لَسْتُمْ تَطْلُبُونَهُ؟ ^٤٥«لَا تَظُنُّوا أَنِّي أَشْكُوكُمْ إِلَى ٱلْآبِ. يُوجَدُ ٱلَّذِي يَشْكُوكُمْ وَهُوَ مُوسَى، ٱلَّذِي عَلَيْهِ رَجَاؤُكُمْ. ^٤٦لِأَنَّكُمْ لَوْ كُنْتُمْ تُصَدِّقُونَ مُوسَى لَكُنْتُمْ تُصَدِّقُونَنِي، لِأَنَّهُ هُوَ كَتَبَ عَنِّي. ^٤٧فَإِنْ كُنْتُمْ لَسْتُمْ تُصَدِّقُونَ كُتُبَ ذَاكَ، فَكَيْفَ تُصَدِّقُونَ كَلَامِي؟».