John 8:13 "Here you are, appearing as your own witness; your testimony is not valid."
Jesus is in the temple area and is defending his authority to a group of Pharisees. Since he is defending himself, the Pharisees point out that as his own witness his testimony is not valid.
The Pharisees have a point-kind of. I can't show up at church on Sunday and claim to be the son of God and tell people to "just trust me!" "Because I said so" only works on 4 year olds and even then it has a 15% success rate! If I were there that day I am pretty sure I would have had my doubts about Jesus as well. I might have laughed at him a bit too. But in the end, Jesus backs up his claims with numerous miracles, and this little thing called the resurrection. Maybe on that day, his own testimony didn't hold water, but the New Testament and the last two thousand years has.
Dear Jesus, thank you for being who you said you were. Amen.
