John 3:33
He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true.
KJV
ὁ λαβὼν αὐτοῦ τὴν μαρτυρίαν ἐσφράγισεν ὅτι ὁ θεὸς ἀληθής ἐστιν.
Greek NT
Qui accepit ejus testimonium signavit, quia Deus verax est.
Vulgate
He that hath received his witness hath set his seal to this, that God is true.
ASV
He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
9 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
λαμβάνω
lambano
verb · 259×
μαρτυρία
marturia
noun · 37×
σφραγίζω
sphragizo
verb · 15×
ἀληθής
alethes
adjective · 26×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Homilies on the Gospel of John · 2 passages
1. The mild and gentle is not always useful, but there are times when the teacher needs sharper language. For if the disciple be dull and gross, then, in order to touch his dullness to the quick, we must rouse him with a goad. And this the Son of God has done in the present as well as in many other cases. For when the crowds had come and found Jesus, and were flattering Him, an…
1. 'Messenger' of great counsel Isaiah 9:6, Septuagint, the Son of God is called, because of the other things which He taught, and principally because He announced the Father to men, as also now He says, I have manifested Your Name unto the men. For after having said, I have finished Your work, He next explains it in detail, telling what sort of work. Now the Name indeed was we…
Cross-references
- 1John 5:10 — He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.
- 1Thess 5:24 — Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.
- 2Cor 1:18 — But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay.
- 2Cor 1:22 — Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
- Eph 1:13 — In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
- Heb 6:17 — Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:
- John 6:27 — Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
- John 6:27 — Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
- John 17:8 — For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.
- Rom 3:3 — For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?
- Rom 3:4 — God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.
- Rom 4:18 — Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.
- Titus 1:1 — Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness;