| Geneva Study Bible There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true. People's New Testament 5:32 There is another that beareth witness of me. John is meant. Wesley's Notes 5:32 There is another - The Father, John 5:37, and I know that, even in your judgment, his testimony in beyond exception. Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 32. 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, &c.-"This is the Son's testimony to the Father's truth (see Joh 7:28; 8:26, 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. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 5:30-38 Our Lord returns to his declaration of the entire agreement between the Father and the Son, and declared himself the Son of God. He had higher testimony than that of John; his works bore witness to all he had said. But the Divine word had no abiding-place in their hearts, as they refused to believe in Him whom the Father had sent, according to his ancient promises. The voice of God, accompanied by the power of the Holy Ghost, thus made effectual to the conversion of sinners, still proclaims that this is the beloved Son, in whom the Father is well pleased. But when the hearts of men are full of pride, ambition, and the love of the world, there is no room for the word of God to abide in them. | 
