Tradition
St. John Chrysostom
Homilies on the Gospel of John
Homily 41 › John 5:41
“I receive not honor from men.”
That is, “I need it not”: “My nature,” He says, “is not of such a kind as to need the honor which is from men, for if the sun can receive no addition from the light of a candle, much farther am I from needing the honor which is from men.” “Why then,” asks some one, “do you say these things, if you need it not?” “That ye may be saved.” This He positively asserted above, and the same He implied here also, by saying, “that you might have life.” Moreover, He puts another reason:
Source: Homilies on the Gospel of John (New Advent)