John 8:17 KJV — MannaFest

John 8:17

It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true.

KJV

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ASV

Yea and in your law it is written, that the witness of two men is true.

WEB

Even in your own Law it is written that the testimony of two men is valid.

YLT

and also in your law it hath been written, that the testimony of two men are true;

DBT

And in your law too it is written that the testimony of two men is true:

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John — The Gospel of sevens and signs. Seven signs, seven 'I AM' sayings, a prologue and an epilogue — written 'that ye might believe' (20:31).

Author: John the Apostle (2nd-century patristic attribution + internal claims)
Date: c. AD 85–95

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15 verses on the floor

Deuteronomy 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 established.
Matthew 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.
Deuteronomy 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.
2 Corinthians 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.
Hebrews 10:28
He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:

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bearest record of thyself; thy record is not true--How does He meet this specious cavil? Not by disputing the wholesome human maxim that "self-praise is no praise," but by affirming that He was an exception to the rule, or rather, that it had no application to Him.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

Now, if Christ had a commission from the Father, and the Father's presence with him in all his administrations, no doubt his judgment was true and valid; no exception lay against it, no appeal lay from it. (2.) Look upon him as a witness, and now he appeared no otherwise (having not as yet taken the throne of judgment), and as such his testimony was true and unexceptionable; this he shows,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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G22726× in canon G314137× in canon G1417133× in canon G1125189× in canon G3551192× in canon

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

JHN 8:17MAT 18:16 DEU 19:15
Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
JHN 8:17MAT 18:16 2CO 13:1
Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
JHN 8:17DEU 19:15 HEB 10:28
Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
JHN 8:17DEU 19:15 NUM 35:30
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
JHN 8:17DEU 19:15 DEU 17:6
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
JHN 8:17MAT 18:16 1TI 5:19
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
JHN 8:17DEU 19:15 MAT 18:16
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
JHN 8:17GAL 3:24 ROM 10:4

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