en_tn/jhn/05/33.md

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# the testimony that I receive is not from man
"I do not need people's testimony"
# that you might be saved
You can translate this in an active form. AT: "so God can save you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
# John was a lamp that was burning and shining
Here "lamp" is a metaphor. John displayed God's holiness in the same way a lamp gives light. AT: "John was like a lamp that was burning and shining" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])