He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony.
Christ went about weary in His journeyings to do good to souls. He left Jerusalem where His words made noise but did little good; the country received Him better because the great men there had less hold. His disciples stuck with Him through it all, following the ark whithersoever it moved.
AI summary
Commenting on John 3:22-36
Christ knows divine truths immediately from the Father; all others receive knowledge only through His gracious illumination. John mourns that so few receive Christ's testimony, and every faithful minister should grieve that His doctrine is so poorly entertained in the world.
AI summary
And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony. (z) What he knows fully and perfectly. (a) That is, very few.