John 3:11
9 Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?
10 Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?
Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
12 If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?
13 And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Truly, truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, and yet you people do not accept our testimony.
- KJV
- Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
- WEB
- Most certainly I tell you, we speak that which we know and testify of that which we have seen, and you don’t receive our witness.
- ASV
- Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that which we know, and bear witness of that which we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
- DARBY
- Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that which we know, and we bear witness of that which we have seen, and ye receive not our witness.
- BLB
- Truly, truly, I say to you that we speak what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, and you⁺ do not receive our testimony.
- ÅB
- Sannelig, sannelig sier jeg deg: Vi taler det vi vet, og vi vitner det vi har sett, og dere tar ikke imot vårt vitnesbyrd.
- OTB
- Sannelig, sannelig, sier jeg deg, vi taler om det vi vet, og vi vitner om det vi har sett, men dere tar ikke imot vårt vitnesbyrd.
- B1930
- Sannelig, sannelig sier jeg dig: Vi taler det vi vet, og vi vidner det vi har sett, og I tar ikke imot vårt vidnesbyrd.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 8:38
I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.
Read in context1 John 5:6–12
This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.
Read in contextJohn 12:49
For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
Read in contextJohn 8:14
Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear record of myself, yet my record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go.
Read in contextJohn 1:18
No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
Read in contextJohn 14:24
He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father’s which sent me.
Read in contextJohn 8:28–29
Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.
Read in contextJohn 7:16
Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.
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