Text -- John 5:35 (NET)

5:35 He was a lamp that was burning and shining, and you wanted to rejoice greatly for a short time in his light.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Joh 5:35

¹ sn He was a lamp that was burning and shining. Sir 48:1 states that the word of Elijah was “a flame like a torch.” Because of the connection of John the Baptist with Elijah (see John 1:21 and the note on John’s reply, “I am not”), it was natural for Jesus to apply this description to John.

² tn Grk “for an hour.”