John 19:35
And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.
KJV
καὶ ὁ ἑωρακὼς μεμαρτύρηκεν, καὶ ἀληθινὴ αὐτοῦ ἐστιν ἡ μαρτυρία, κἀκεῖνος οἶδεν ὅτι ἀληθῆ λέγει, ἵνα καὶ ὑμεῖς πιστεύητε.
Greek NT
Et qui vidit, testimonium perhibuit : et verum est testimonium ejus. Et ille scit quia vera dicit : ut et vos credatis.
Vulgate
And he that hath seen hath borne witness, and his witness is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye also may believe.
ASV
And he that saw it hath given testimony: and his testimony is true. And he knoweth that he saith true: that you also may believe.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
εἴδω
eido
verb · 317×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κἀκεῖνος
kakeinos
demonstrative · 24×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μαρτυρέω
martureo
verb · 76×
μαρτυρία
marturia
noun · 37×
πιστεύω
pisteuo
verb · 241×
ἀληθής
alethes
adjective · 26×
ἀληθινός
alethinos
adjective · 28×
ἵνα
ina
conjunction · 665×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὁράω
orao
verb · 682×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
Textual variants
3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: αὐτοῦ ἐστιν | WH/Treg/NIV: αὐτοῦ ἐστιν | RP: ἐστιν αὐτοῦ
- αὐτοῦ ἐστιν — SBLGNT
- αὐτοῦ ἐστιν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἐστιν αὐτοῦ — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
trivial
SBLGNT: καὶ | WH/Treg/NIV: καὶ
- καὶ — SBLGNT
- καὶ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: πιστεύητε | WH/Treg: πιστεύητε | NIV/RP: πιστεύσητε
- πιστεύητε — SBLGNT
- πιστεύητε — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles
- πιστεύσητε — Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
1. Successes have terrible power to cast down or draw aside those who take not heed. Thus the Jews, who at first enjoyed the influence of God, sought the law of royalty from the Gentiles, and in the wilderness after the manna remembered the onions. In the same way here, refusing the Kingdom of Christ, they invited to themselves that of Cæsar. Wherefore God set a king over…
Cross-references
- 1John 1:1 — That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;
- 1John 1:1 — That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;
- 1John 5:11 — And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
- 1Pet 5:1 — The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:
- 2Tim 1:8 — Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;
- 3John 1:12 — Demetrius hath good report of all men, and of the truth itself: yea, and we also bear record; and ye know that our record is true.
- Acts 10:39 — And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree:
- Heb 2:3 — How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;
- John 12:17 — The people therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him from the dead, bare record.
- John 15:27 — And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
- John 20:31 — But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.
- John 20:31 — But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.
- John 21:24 — This is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote these things: and we know that his testimony is true.
- John 21:24 — This is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote these things: and we know that his testimony is true.
- Rev 1:2 — Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.
- Rom 15:4 — For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.