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Joh_5:33-34. “That witness, whose testimony you have yourselves elicited, John the Baptist, I do not accept, because it is a human testimony; I mention him for your salvation (not for my advantage), because ye have not appreciated him according to his high calling (Joh_5:35); the witness which I have is greater,” etc. Joh_5:36.
ὑμεῖς ] you, on your part.
μεμαρτ . τῇ ἀληθ .] Joh_1:19 ff. “All that he said was testimony in favour of the truth; for the state of the case (with reference particularly to what he said of the Messiah) was as he testified.”
ἐγὼ δὲ ] but I on my part.
τὴν μαρτυρίαν ] the witness in question, which is to tell for me. This I cannot receive from any man. Jesus will not avail Himself of any human witness in this matter; He puts it away from Him. Accordingly, λαμβ . τ . μαρτυρίαν , just as in Joh_3:11; Joh_3:32, is to be taken of the acceptance, not indeed believing acceptance, but acceptance as proof, conformably with the context. Others, unnecessarily deviating from John’s usage, “I borrow” (Lücke), “I strive after, or lay hold of” (B. Crusius, comp. Beza, Grotius), “I snatch” (de Wette).
ἵνα ὑμεῖς σωθῆτε ] for your advantage, that you on your part (in opposition to any personal interest) may attain to salvation. They should take to heart the remembrance of the Baptist’s testimony ( ταῦτα λέγω ), and thus be roused to faith, and become partakers of the Messiah’s redemption; “vestra res agitur,” Bengel.