John 5:32
There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.
KJV
ἄλλος ἐστὶν ὁ μαρτυρῶν περὶ ἐμοῦ, καὶ οἴδατε ὅτι ἀληθής ἐστιν ἡ μαρτυρία ἣν μαρτυρεῖ περὶ ἐμοῦ.
Greek NT
Alius est qui testimonium perhibet de me : et scio quia verum est testimonium, quod perhibet de me.
Vulgate
It is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.
ASV
There is another that beareth witness of me: and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
εἴδω
eido
verb · 317×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
μαρτυρέω
martureo
verb · 76×
μαρτυρία
marturia
noun · 37×
περί
peri
preposition · 335×
ἀληθής
alethes
adjective · 26×
ἄλλος
allos
adjective · 154×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
1. Having in the introduction spoken to us things of urgent importance concerning God the Word, (the Evangelist) proceeding on his road, and in order, afterwards comes to the herald of the Word, his namesake John. And now that you hear that he was sent from God, do not for the future imagine that any of the words spoken by him are mere man's words; for all that he utters is not…
§9The First Vatican Council teaches, then, that the truth attained by philosophy and the truth of Revelation are neither identical nor mutually exclusive: “There exists a twofold order of knowledge, distinct not only as regards their source, but also as regards their object. With regard to the source, because we know in one by natural reason, in the other by divine faith. With re…
Cross-references
- 1John 5:6 — This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.
- John 1:32 — And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.
- John 5:36 — But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.
- John 5:39 — Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
- Matt 17:12 — But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them.