Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version In your own Law it is written that the testimony of two witnesses is true. New Living Translation Your own law says that if two people agree about something, their witness is accepted as fact. English Standard Version In your Law it is written that the testimony of two people is true. Berean Standard Bible Even in your own Law it is written that the testimony of two men is valid. Berean Literal Bible But also in your Law it has been written that the testimony of two men is true. King James Bible It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true. New King James Version It is also written in your law that the testimony of two men is true. New American Standard Bible Even in your Law it has been written that the testimony of two people is true. NASB 1995 “Even in your law it has been written that the testimony of two men is true. NASB 1977 “Even in your law it has been written, that the testimony of two men is true. Legacy Standard Bible Even in your law it has been written that the witness of two men is true. Amplified Bible Even in your own law it is written that the testimony of two persons is true [valid and admissible]. Christian Standard Bible Even in your law it is written that the testimony of two witnesses is true. Holman Christian Standard Bible Even in your law it is written that the witness of two men is valid. American Standard Version Yea and in your law it is written, that the witness of two men is true. Aramaic Bible in Plain English “And in your Written Law it is written: 'The testimony of two men is true.' “ Contemporary English Version Your Law requires two witnesses to prove that something is true. Douay-Rheims Bible And in your law it is written, that the testimony of two men is true. English Revised Version Yea and in your law it is written, that the witness of two men is true. GOD'S WORD® Translation Your own teachings say that the testimony of two people is true. Good News Translation It is written in your Law that when two witnesses agree, what they say is true. International Standard Version In your own Law it is written that the testimony of two people is valid. Literal Standard Version and also in your law it has been written that the testimony of two men is true; Majority Standard Bible Even in your own Law it is written that the testimony of two men is valid. New American Bible Even in your law it is written that the testimony of two men can be verified. NET Bible It is written in your law that the testimony of two men is true. New Revised Standard Version In your law it is written that the testimony of two witnesses is valid. New Heart English Bible It's also written in your Law that the testimony of two people is valid. Webster's Bible Translation It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true. Weymouth New Testament In your own Law, too, it is written that the testimony of two men is true. World English Bible It’s also written in your law that the testimony of two people is valid. Young's Literal Translation and also in your law it hath been written, that the testimony of two men are true; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Woman Caught in Adultery…16But even if I do judge, My judgment is true, because I am not alone; I am with the Father who sent Me. 17 Even in your own Law it is written that the testimony of two men is valid. 18I am One who testifies about Myself, and the Father, who sent Me, also testifies about Me.”… Cross References Numbers 35:30 If anyone kills a person, the murderer is to be put to death on the testimony of the witnesses. But no one is to be put to death based on the testimony of a lone witness. Deuteronomy 17:6 On the testimony of two or three witnesses a man shall be put to death, but he shall not be executed on the testimony of a lone witness. Deuteronomy 19:15 A lone witness is not sufficient to establish any wrongdoing or sin against a man, regardless of what offense he may have committed. A matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses. Matthew 18:16 But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that 'every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.' John 10:34 Jesus replied, "Is it not written in your Law: 'I have said you are gods'? Treasury of Scripture It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true. also. John 10:34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? John 15:25 But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause. Galatians 3:24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. that. Deuteronomy 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. 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. 1 Kings 21:10 And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die. Jump to Previous Law Testimony Valid True. Witness WrittenJump to Next Law Testimony Valid True. Witness WrittenJohn 8 1. Jesus delivers the woman taken in adultery.12. He declares himself the light of the world, and justifies his doctrine; 31. promises freedom to those who believe; 33. answers the Jews who boasted of Abraham; 48. answers their reviling, by showing his authority and dignity; 59. and slips away from those who would stone him. (17) It is also written in your law.--He now proceeds to show again that the technical requirement of the Law was satisfied by His witness. The term "your law" is material, as addressed to those who were professed expounders of it and accused Him of being a transgressor of it. (Comp. the parallel reference to the Law in John 10:34; John 15:25.) To assert that Jesus placed Himself in a position of antagonism to the Mosaic law, is to forget the teaching of the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:17); and to assert that the Jesus of the Fourth Gospel differs in this respect from the character as portrayed by the earlier Evangelists, is to forget the teaching of the last verse of John 5, and, indeed, to miss the whole force of these very passages. He does not, indeed, say "our law," as it was for them what it could not be for Him; but He mentions it to show in each case that He fulfilled it. That the testimony of two men is true.--See Deuteronomy 17:6; Deuteronomy 19:15, and comp. Notes on Matthew 18:16 and Mark 14:55-56. The words are here quoted freely, and "two men" is substituted for "two or three witnesses," which we find in both the passages in Deuteronomy. This prepares the way for the full thought of the "witness," in the next verse. The requirement of the Law would be satisfied with the evidence of two men: He has the witness of two Persons, but each is divine. . . . Verse 17. - Having laid down the principle on which he was justified in maintaining the truthfulness of the assumption which the Pharisees impugned, he proceeded to vindicate, for these Jewish legalists, its agreement with the very letter of the Law. He adopted here the identical ground which was taken by him when first of all he claimed this fellowship with the Father. Yea, and in your Law it has been written, that the witness of two men is true. Many have said that here Jesus puts himself on one side as in hostility to the Law; Baur and some others plead, from the very phrase "your Law," that Jesus could not have used such an expression, and that John could not have recorded it; and Reuss urges that this expression agrees with the "standpoint of the gospel,which aims at lowering and degrading the old dispensation." Nothing could be less in harmony with the facts (see Introduction, § VII. 2). Even Meyer says, "The words are anti-Judaic... though not antinomian." Surely our Lord was simply appealing to his bitter enemies to recognize the application of the principle found in their own Law, of which they were continually making a proud boast. He simply goes to common ground of argument, and is ready to show that even the letter of the Law sustains his claim for the sufficient reason that he is not alone, but the Father is manifestly with him. Just as he never said "our Father" when addressing his disciples, but either "my Father" or "your Father" (John 20:17), because God is not the Father of men in the full sense in which he was Father to the only begotten Son; so he could not say "our Law" or "Moses gave us the Law" without derogating from the unique relation he sustained to the Law (compare Paul's language, Romans 2:17, 21, 23). The quotation from Deuteronomy is not verbally exact; it even carries the statement of Scripture to a broader generalization, and is so worded that it applies to the case in point, by carrying the position to a legitimate consequence - "the witness of two men is true." By using the word "men," Christ suggests the contrast between two men on one side and the God-Man and the Father on the other. Lightfoot ('Horae Hebraicae') quotes 'Rosh-Shanah,' 1:2, 3, "that two persons well known must testify to the supreme court that they had seen the new moon! If these were unknown persons, they must bring proof that they were credible witnesses." Upon these common principles of jurisprudence the Lord was willing, in purely Jewish fashion, to rest his claim.Parallel Commentaries ... Greek EvenΚαὶ (Kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. in ἐν (en) Preposition Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. your ὑμετέρῳ (hymeterō) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 2nd Person Plural Strong's 5212: Your, yours. From humeis; yours, i.e. Pertaining to you. [own] τῷ (tō) Article - Dative Masculine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. Law νόμῳ (nomō) Noun - Dative Masculine Singular Strong's 3551: From a primary nemo; law, genitive case, specially, (including the volume); also of the Gospel), or figuratively. it is written γέγραπται (gegraptai) Verb - Perfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 1125: A primary verb; to 'grave', especially to write; figuratively, to describe. that ὅτι (hoti) Conjunction Strong's 3754: Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because. the ἡ (hē) Article - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. testimony μαρτυρία (martyria) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's 3141: Witness, evidence, testimony, reputation. From martus; evidence given. of two δύο (dyo) Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural Strong's 1417: Two. A primary numeral; 'two'. men ἀνθρώπων (anthrōpōn) Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural Strong's 444: A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being. is ἐστιν (estin) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. valid. ἀληθής (alēthēs) Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's 227: Unconcealed, true, true in fact, worthy of credit, truthful. TRUE. Links John 8:17 NIVJohn 8:17 NLT John 8:17 ESV John 8:17 NASB John 8:17 KJV John 8:17 BibleApps.com John 8:17 Biblia Paralela John 8:17 Chinese Bible John 8:17 French Bible John 8:17 Catholic Bible NT Gospels: John 8:17 It's also written in your law that (Jhn Jo Jn) |
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