John 8:17

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

It is written in your law that the testimony of two men is true.

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  • Matt 18:16 : 16 But if he does not listen, take one or two others with you, so that at the testimony of two or three witnesses every matter may be established.
  • Deut 19:15 : 15 A single witness may not testify against another person for any trespass or sin that he commits. A matter may be legally established only on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
  • Deut 17:6 : 6 At the testimony of two or three witnesses they must be executed. They cannot be put to death on the testimony of only one witness.
  • Gal 3:24 : 24 Thus the law had become our guardian until Christ, so that we could be declared righteous by faith.
  • Gal 4:21 : 21 An Appeal from Allegory Tell me, you who want to be under the law, do you not understand the law?
  • Heb 10:28 : 28 Someone who rejected the law of Moses was put to death without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
  • 1 John 5:9 : 9 If we accept the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater, because this is the testimony of God that he has testified concerning his Son.
  • Rev 11:3 : 3 And I will grant my two witnesses authority to prophesy for 1,260 days, dressed in sackcloth.”
  • John 10:34 : 34 Jesus answered,“Is it not written in your law,‘I said, you are gods’?
  • John 15:25 : 25 Now this happened to fulfill the word that is written in their law,‘They hated me without reason.’
  • 2 Cor 13:1 : 1 Paul’s Third Visit to Corinth This is the third time I am coming to visit you. By the testimony of two or three witnesses every matter will be established.
  • 1 Kgs 21:10 : 10 Also seat two villains opposite him and have them testify,‘You cursed God and the king.’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”

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  • John 8:18-19
    2 verses
    83%

    18I testify about myself and the Father who sent me testifies about me.”

    19Then they began asking him,“Who is your father?” Jesus answered,“You do not know either me or my Father. If you knew me you would know my Father too.”

  • John 8:13-16
    4 verses
    82%

    13So the Pharisees objected,“You testify about yourself; your testimony is not true!”

    14Jesus answered,“Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, because I know where I came from and where I am going. But you people do not know where I came from or where I am going.

    15You people judge by outward appearances; I do not judge anyone.

    16But if I judge, my evaluation is accurate, because I am not alone when I judge, but I and the Father who sent me do so together.

  • John 5:31-34
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    31More Testimony About Jesus“If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true.

    32There is another who testifies about me, and I know the testimony he testifies about me is true.

    33You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth.

    34(I do not accept human testimony, but I say this so that you may be saved.)

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    15A single witness may not testify against another person for any trespass or sin that he commits. A matter may be legally established only on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

    16If a false witness testifies against another person and accuses him of a crime,

    17then both parties to the controversy must stand before the LORD, that is, before the priests and judges who will be in office in those days.

    18The judges will thoroughly investigate the matter, and if the witness should prove to be false and to have given false testimony against the accused,

  • 1 John 5:7-9
    3 verses
    72%

    7For there are three that testify,

    8the Spirit and the water and the blood, and these three are in agreement.

    9If we accept the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater, because this is the testimony of God that he has testified concerning his Son.

  • 12Worthy Demetrius Demetrius has been testified to by all, even by the truth itself. We also testify to him, and you know that our testimony is true.

  • 16But if he does not listen, take one or two others with you, so that at the testimony of two or three witnesses every matter may be established.

  • 26I have many things to say and to judge about you, but the Father who sent me is truthful, and the things I have heard from him I speak to the world.”

  • John 5:36-39
    4 verses
    70%

    36“But I have a testimony greater than that from John. For the deeds that the Father has assigned me to complete– the deeds I am now doing– testify about me that the Father has sent me.

    37And the Father who sent me has himself testified about me. You people have never heard his voice nor seen his form at any time,

    38nor do you have his word residing in you, because you do not believe the one whom he sent.

    39You study the scriptures thoroughly because you think in them you possess eternal life, and it is these same scriptures that testify about me,

  • 6At the testimony of two or three witnesses they must be executed. They cannot be put to death on the testimony of only one witness.

  • John 3:32-33
    2 verses
    70%

    32He testifies about what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts his testimony.

    33The one who has accepted his testimony has confirmed clearly that God is truthful.

  • 1Paul’s Third Visit to Corinth This is the third time I am coming to visit you. By the testimony of two or three witnesses every matter will be established.

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    26When the Advocate comes, whom I will send you from the Father– the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father– he will testify about me,

    27and you also will testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.

  • 11I tell you the solemn truth, we speak about what we know and testify about what we have seen, but you people do not accept our testimony.

  • 35And the person who saw it has testified(and his testimony is true, and he knows that he is telling the truth), so that you also may believe.

  • 38I am telling you the things I have seen while with the Father; as for you, practice the things you have heard from the Father!”

  • John 8:45-46
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    45But because I am telling you the truth, you do not believe me.

    46Who among you can prove me guilty of any sin? If I am telling you the truth, why don’t you believe me?

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    56Many gave false testimony against him, but their testimony did not agree.

    57Some stood up and gave this false testimony against him:

  • 55Yet you do not know him, but I know him. If I were to say that I do not know him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know him, and I obey his teaching.

  • 17Set them apart in the truth; your word is truth.

  • 24A Final Note This is the disciple who testifies about these things and has written these things, and we know that his testimony is true.

  • 11Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father is in me, but if you do not believe me, believe because of the miraculous deeds themselves.

  • 17So the crowd who had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead were continuing to testify about it.

  • 15And the Holy Spirit also witnesses to us, for after saying,

  • 71Then they said,“Why do we need further testimony? We have heard it ourselves from his own lips!”

  • 30The Father and I are one.”

  • 34I have both seen and testified that this man is the Chosen One of God.”

  • 40But now you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth I heard from God. Abraham did not do this!

  • 47But if you do not believe what Moses wrote, how will you believe my words?”

  • 19Do not accept an accusation against an elder unless it can be confirmed by two or three witnesses.

  • 28You yourselves can testify that I said,‘I am not the Christ,’ but rather,‘I have been sent before him.’