<p>5:36- see on Jn. 4:34.</p><p><i>But the witness which I have is greater than that of John. For the works which the Father has given me to accomplish, the very works that I do, testify that the Father has sent me</i>- As noted above, the Jews sat in judgment on the Lord, and He calls as witness for the defence the Father's empowerment of His miracles. To ignore that testimony or judge it as not significant to the case of Christ was to judge God. Those works came to the final 'accomplishment' of the cross, when &quot;it is finished&quot;. And His death there was the final testament to God's love, the light shining in darkness.</p><p>&ldquo;The work that the Father gave me to finish... testifies&rdquo; (Jn. 5:36 NIV); and thus when &ldquo;it was finished&rdquo; in the death of the cross, the full testimony / witness of God was spoken and made. When He was lifted up in crucifixion, the beholding Jews knew that His words were truly those of the Father; they saw in the cross God&rsquo;s word spoken through Christ, they saw there the epitome of all the words the Lord spoke throughout His ministry (Jn. 8:28). The Lord&rsquo;s blood was thus a spoken testimony to all men (1 Tim. 2:6 AVmg.).</p>