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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
First then checking their disputatious spirit by setting forth what they would say, and showing that He knew the secrets of their hearts, and giving this first proof of His power, after stating the objection He supplieth other proofs clear and indisputable, producing three witnesses to what He said, namely, the works wrought by Him, the witness of the Father, and the preaching of John. And He putteth first the less important witness of John. …
Theophylact of Ohrid
"I," He says, "have three witnesses: John, My works, and My Father." He puts forward John first.
Western Saints
Thomas Aquinas
Next, he presents these testimonies: first, a human testimony; secondly, a divine testimony. He does two things about the first. First, he mentions the testimony of John; secondly, he tells why this testimony was given (v 34). With respect to the first he does two things. First, he brings in the testimony; secondly, he commends it (v 32). He brings on the witness when he says: But there is someone else who testifies on my behalf. …
Bonaventure
"There is another who bears witness of me," namely the Father, or also John, and concerning both is rightly understood what follows: "And I know that the testimony which he bears of me is true": because he testifies as one who is certain. For the Father gives true testimony, because, as is said below in chapter eight, "he who sent me is truthful." John likewise is certain: whence above in chapter one, John said: "I saw and bore witness that this is the Son of God"; Proverbs 12: "He who speaks what he knows is a judge of justice, but …
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