John 8:17
15 Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man.
16 And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me.
It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true.
18 I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me.
19 Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Even in your own Law it is written that the testimony of two men is valid.
- KJV
- It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true.
- WEB
- It’s also written in your law that the testimony of two people is valid.
- ASV
- Yea and in your law it is written, that the witness of two men is true.
- DARBY
- And in your law too it is written that the testimony of two men is true:
- BLB
- And even in your⁺ Law it has been written that the testimony of two men is true.
- ÅB
- men også i deres lov står det skrevet at to menneskers vitnesbyrd er sant.
- OTB
- I deres lov er det skrevet at vitnesbyrdet fra to vitner er sant.
- B1930
- men også i eders lov står det skrevet at to menneskers vidnesbyrd er sant.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 19:15
One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 17:6
At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.
Read in contextHebrews 10:28
He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
Read in contextMatthew 18:16
But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.
Read in contextGalatians 3:24
Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
Read in context2 Corinthians 13:1
This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.
Read in contextGalatians 4:21
Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?
Read in contextRevelation 11:3
And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
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