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Good News Translation

John 8:17

It is written in your Law that when two witnesses agree, what they say is true.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jesus, the Christ;   Witness;   Scofield Reference Index - World-System;   The Topic Concordance - Knowledge;   Witness;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Courts of Justice;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Temple;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - John, gospel of;   Teacher;   Witness;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Disciples;   Gabriel;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Marriage;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Complacency;   Consciousness;   Deceit, Deception, Guile;   Error;   Gods;   Quotations (2);   Scripture (2);   Smith Bible Dictionary - Witness;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Witness;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Even in your law it is written that the testimony of two witnesses is true.
King James Version (1611)
It is also written in your Law, that the testimonie of two men is true.
King James Version
It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true.
English Standard Version
In your Law it is written that the testimony of two people is true.
New American Standard Bible
"Even in your Law it has been written that the testimony of two people is true.
New Century Version
Your own law says that when two witnesses say the same thing, you must accept what they say.
Amplified Bible
"Even in your own law it is written that the testimony of two persons is true [valid and admissible].
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"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.
Berean Standard Bible
Even in your own Law it is written that the testimony of two men is valid.
Contemporary English Version
Your Law requires two witnesses to prove that something is true.
Complete Jewish Bible
And even in your Torah it is written that the testimony of two people is valid.
Darby Translation
And in your law too it is written that the testimony of two men is true:
Easy-to-Read Version
Your own law says that when two witnesses say the same thing, you must accept what they say.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And it is also written in your Lawe, that the testimonie of two men is true.
George Lamsa Translation
And it is written in your own law, that the testimony of two men is true.
Lexham English Bible
And even in your law it is written that the testimony of two men is true.
Literal Translation
And in your Law it has been written that the witness of two men is true. Deut. 19:15
American Standard Version
Yea and in your law it is written, that the witness of two men is true.
Bible in Basic English
Even in your law it is said that the witness of two men is true.
Hebrew Names Version
It's also written in your law that the testimony of two men is valid.
International Standard Version
In your own law it is written that the testimony of two people is valid.true">[fn]Deuteronomy 17:6; 19:15; Matthew 18:16; 2 Corinthians 13:1; Hebrews 10:28;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
So in your law it is written, that the testimony of two men is truth:
Murdock Translation
And in your law it is written, that the testimony of two persons is certain.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
It is also written in your lawe, that the testimonie of two men is true.
English Revised Version
Yea and in your law it is written, that the witness of two men is true.
World English Bible
It's also written in your law that the testimony of two men is valid.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Even in your law it is written, The testimony of two men is valid.
Weymouth's New Testament
In your own Law, too, it is written that the testimony of two men is true.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And in youre lawe it is writun, that the witnessyng of twei men is trewe.
Update Bible Version
Yes and in your law it is written, that the witness of two men is true.
Webster's Bible Translation
It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true.
New English Translation
It is 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 Living Translation
Your own law says that if two people agree about something, their witness is accepted as fact.
New Life Bible
It is written in your Law that when two men agree about something, it proves it is true.
New Revised Standard
In your law it is written that the testimony of two witnesses is valid.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, in your own law, it is written, that, two men's witness, is, true:
Douay-Rheims Bible
And in your law it is written that the testimony of two men is true.
Revised Standard Version
In your law it is written that the testimony of two men is true;
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
It is also written in youre lawe that the testimony of two men is true.
Young's Literal Translation
and also in your law it hath been written, that the testimony of two men are true;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
It is wrytten also in youre lawe, that the testimony of two men is true.
Mace New Testament (1729)
now it is written in your law, that the testimony of two men is valid.
Simplified Cowboy Version
Your own code says that the testimony of two witnesses makes something true.

Contextual Overview

12 Jesus spoke to the Pharisees again. "I am the light of the world," he said. "Whoever follows me will have the light of life and will never walk in darkness." 13 The Pharisees said to him, "Now you are testifying on your own behalf; what you say proves nothing." 14 "No," Jesus answered, "even though I do testify on my own behalf, what I say is true, because I know where I came from and where I am going. You do not know where I came from or where I am going. 15 You make judgments in a purely human way; I pass judgment on no one. 16 But if I were to do so, my judgment would be true, because I am not alone in this; the Father who sent me is with me. 17 It is written in your Law that when two witnesses agree, what they say is true. 18 I testify on my own behalf, and the Father who sent me also testifies on my behalf." 19 "Where is your father?" they asked him. "You know neither me nor my Father," Jesus answered. "If you knew me, you would know my Father also." 20 Jesus said all this as he taught in the Temple, in the room where the offering boxes were placed. And no one arrested him, because his hour had not come.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

also: John 10:34, John 15:25, Galatians 3:24, Galatians 4:21

that: Deuteronomy 17:6, Deuteronomy 19:15, 1 Kings 21:10, Matthew 18:16, 2 Corinthians 13:1, Hebrews 10:28, 1 John 5:9, Revelation 11:3

Reciprocal: Numbers 35:30 - General John 5:32 - is another John 8:26 - but 1 Timothy 5:19 - two

Cross-References

Genesis 1:22
He blessed them all and told the creatures that live in the water to reproduce and to fill the sea, and he told the birds to increase in number.
Genesis 1:28
blessed them, and said, "Have many children, so that your descendants will live all over the earth and bring it under their control. I am putting you in charge of the fish, the birds, and all the wild animals.
Genesis 8:13
When Noah was 601 years old, on the first day of the first month, the water was gone. Noah removed the covering of the boat, looked around, and saw that the ground was getting dry.
Genesis 8:14
By the twenty-seventh day of the second month the earth was completely dry.
Genesis 8:15
God said to Noah,
Genesis 9:1
God blessed Noah and his sons and said, "Have many children, so that your descendants will live all over the earth.
Genesis 9:7
"You must have many children, so that your descendants will live all over the earth."
Psalms 107:38
He blessed his people, and they had many children; he kept their herds of cattle from decreasing.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

It is also written in your law,.... The law of Moses, which was given unto them, and they boasted of; the passage referred to is in Deuteronomy 19:15; see also Deuteronomy 17:6; where though what follows is not to be found in so many words, yet the sense is there expressed:

that the testimony of two men is true: concerning which the Jewish writers say y,

"they used not to determine any judiciary matter by the mouth of one witness, neither pecuniary causes, nor causes of life and death, as it is said, Deuteronomy 17:6. It is asked z in their oral law, if the testimony of two men stand, why does the Scripture particularly mention three? (for no other reason) but to compare or equal three with two, that as three convict two of a falsehood, two may also convict three.''

On which one of their commentators a has this observation, taking notice of Deuteronomy 19:18, which speaks of a single witness;

"Mar (a doctor) says, wherever it is said a "witness", it is to be understood of two, unless the Scripture particularly specifies one.''

In the case of a wife suspected of adultery, and in the business of striking off the neck of the heifer in case of murder, they admitted of one witness b.

y Maimon. Hilchot Eduth. c. 5. sect. 1. z Misn. Maccot. c. 1. sect. 7. a Bartenora in ib. b Maimon. Hilchot Eduth, ib. sect. 2.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In your law - Deuteronomy 17:6; Deuteronomy 19:15. Compare Matthew 18:16. This related to cases in which the life of an individual was involved. Jesus says that if, in such a case, the testimony of two men were sufficient to establish a fact, his own testimony and that of his Father ought to be esteemed ample evidence in the case of religious doctrine.

Two men - If two men could confirm a case, the evidence of Jesus and of God ought not to be deemed insufficient.

Is true - In Deuteronomy, “established.” This means the same thing. It is confirmed; is worthy of belief.


 
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