John 5:35
He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.
Context
This verse from John Chapter 5 connects to 10 cross-references. The healing of the paralytic at the Pool of Bethesda on the sabbath provokes persecution. Jesus delivers an extended discourse on his relationship with the Father: the Father has entrusted all judgment to the Son, and those who hear his …
Other Translations
He was the lamp that burneth and shineth; and ye were willing to rejoice for a season in his light.
he was the burning and shining lamp, and ye did will to be glad, for an hour, in his light.
He was a burning and shining light, and for a time you were ready to be happy in his light.
Cross References
And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear …
Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region round about Jordan,
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation …
And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness …
But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet.
Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John …
But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with …
Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of …
But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.
For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and an holy, and observed him; and when he …