Another Witness of Jesus – the Father who sent Jesus

John 5:37 [1]

³⁷ And the Father who sent me has himself testified concerning me. You have never heard his voice nor seen his form,

We studied that the testimony of Jesus was always true because there should be at least two witnesses to establish a matter according to the Law (Deuteronomy 19:15) and Jesus had other witnesses who would testify for Jesus [2]. In the past two weeks, we studied other witnesses of Jesus – John the Baptist [3] and the works that the Father has given Him to finish [4]. Today, let us study Another Witness of Jesus – the Father who sent Jesus, one of four witnesses of Jesus.

I. God’s Testimony about Jesus (37a)

See v37a.

And the Father who sent me has himself testified concerning me.

Another Witness of Jesus is the Father who sent Jesus (37a). God’s testimony is greater than human testimony (1 John 5:9b). God’s testimony about Jesus is written in Matthew 3:17, 17:5, Mark 1:11, 9:7, Luke 3:22, and Luke 9:34-35.

i. A voice from heaven after the baptism (Matthew 3:17, Mark 1:11, Luke 3:22)

When Jesus went up out of the water after Jesus was baptised (Matthew 3:16a), a voice from heaven said,

‘This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.’ (Matthew 3:17)

ii. A voice from the cloud in a high mountain (Matthew 17:5, Mark 9:7, Luke 9:34-35)
Hebrew 1:3a says

³ The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being,

Colossians 1:15a says

¹⁵ The Son is the image of the invisible God,

Jesus was transfigured on a high mountain.

His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light (Matthew 17:1-2).

Then, a voice from the cloud said,

‘This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!’ (Matthew 17:5b)

After the transfiguration, ‘Listen to him!’ was added to the voice in i.

II. God’s voice and form (37b)

See 37b.

You have never heard his voice nor seen his form,

In v37, Jesus was talking to those who did not believe the one God sent (John 5:38). They were spiritually blinded [5]. But the prophets such as Moses and Samuel heard the voice of God or saw His form.

Moses heard the voice of God and saw God’s back (Exodus 33:23). The prophets heard the voice of God. For example, Samuel at 12 started to hear the voice of God in those days the word of the LORD was rare (1 Samuel 3:1-21).

References

1. The Holy Bible: New International Version. Anglicised. Revised and updated. ed. 2011: London: Hodder & Stoughton.
2. Park, Y. The Testimony of Jesus Is Always True. 2023 23/04/2023]; Available from: https://comnc.org/the-testimony-of-jesus-is-always-true/.
3. Park, Y. Another Witness of Jesus – John the Baptist. 2023 30/04/2023]; Available from: https://comnc.org/another-witness-of-jesus-john-the-baptist/.
4. Park, Y. Another Witness of Jesus – The Works that the Father has given Him to finish. 2023 7/05/2023]; Available from: https://comnc.org/another-witness-of-jesus-the-works-that-the-father-has-given-him-to-finish/.
5. Calvin, J., John. Logos Research Edition ed. Crossway Classic Commentaries. 1994, Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books.