John 8:17
It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true.
KJV
καὶ ἐν τῷ νόμῳ δὲ τῷ ὑμετέρῳ γεγραμμένον ἐστὶν ὅτι δύο ἀνθρώπων ἡ μαρτυρία ἀληθής ἐστιν.
Greek NT
Et in lege vestra scriptum est, quia duorum hominum testimonium verum est.
Vulgate
Yea and in your law it is written, that the witness of two men is true.
ASV
And in your law it is written that the testimony of two men is true.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
γράφω
grapho
verb · 192×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
δύο
duo
adjective · 132×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
μαρτυρία
marturia
noun · 37×
νόμος
nomos
noun · 196×
ἀληθής
alethes
adjective · 26×
ἄνθρωπος
anthropos
noun · 549×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
ὑμέτερος
umeteros
possessive_pronoun · 11×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Chapter 2.—Of the Eternal and Unchangeable Will of God. It is true that wicked men do many things contrary to God’s will; but so great is His wisdom and power, that all things which seem adverse to His purpose do still tend towards those just and good ends and issues which He Himself has foreknown. And consequently, when God is said to change His will, as when, e.g., He becomes…
Cross-references
- 1John 5:9 — If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.
- 1Tim 5:19 — Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses.
- 2Cor 13:1 — This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.
- 2Cor 13:1 — This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.
- Deut 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.
- Deut 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.
- Deut 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 establi
- Deut 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 establi
- Gal 3:24 — Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
- Gal 4:21 — Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?
- Heb 10:28 — He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
- Heb 10:28 — He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
- Matt 18:16 — But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.
- Matt 18:16 — But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.
- Num 35:30 — Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.
- Rev 11:3 — And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.