"testimony, a bearing witness," is translated "witness" in Mar 1:14-56,Mar 14:59, Luk 22:71, Joh 1:7,Joh 1:19 (RV); Joh 3:11,Joh 1:3-33 (RV); Joh 1:5-32,Joh 5:34 (RV), Joh 5:36; RV in Joh 1:8-14,Joh 8:17, Joh 19:35, Joh 21:24; AV in Tit 1:13; AV and RV in 1Jo 5:9 (thrice), 10 (1st part); RV in 1Jo 5:10 (2nd part), 1Jo 5:11, 3Jo 1:12, see TESTIMONY, No. 2. "testimony or witness as borne, a declaration of facts," is translated "witness" in Mat 24:14, AV; Act 4:33, Act 7:44 (AV); Jam 5:3 (AV): see TESTIMONY, No. 1. denotes "a false witness," Mat 26:60, 1Co 15:15. "false witness," occurs in Mat 15:19, Mat 26:59. denotes (I) "to be a martus" (see A, No. 1), or "to bear witness to," sometimes rendered "to testify" (see TESTIFY, No. 1); it is used of the "witness" (a) of God the Father to Christ, Joh 5:32,Joh 5:37, Joh 8:18 (2nd part); 1Jo 1:5-10; to others, Act 13:22, Act 15:8, Heb 11:2,Heb 11:4 (twice), Heb 11:5,Heb 11:39; (b) of Christ, Joh 3:11,Joh 3:32, Joh 4:44, Joh 5:31, Joh 7:7, Joh 1:8-14,Joh 8:18 (1st part); Joh 13:21, Joh 18:37, Act 14:3, 1Ti 6:13, Rev 22:18,Rev 22:20; of the Holy Spirit, to Christ, Joh 15:26, Heb 10:15, 1Jo 1:5-8, RV, which rightly omits the latter part of 1Jo 5:7 (it was a marginal gloss which crept into the original text: see THREE); it finds no support in Scripture; (c) of the Scriptures, to Christ, Joh 5:39, Heb 7:8,Heb 7:17; (d) of the works of Christ, to Himself, and of the circumstances connected with His Death, Joh 5:36, Joh 10:25, 1Jo 5:8; (e) of prophets and apostles, to the righteousness of God, Rom 3:21; to Christ, Joh 1:1-8,Joh 1:15,Joh 1:32,Joh 1:34, Joh 3:26, Joh 5:33, RV; Joh 15:27, Joh 19:35, Joh 21:24, Act 10:43, Act 23:11, 1Co 15:15, 1Jo 1:2, 1Jo 4:14, Rev 1:2; to doctrine, Act 26:22 (in some texts, so AV; see No. 2); to the Word of God, Rev 1:2; (f) of others, concerning Christ, Luk 4:22, Joh 4:39, Joh 12:17; (g) of believers to one another, Joh 3:28, 2Co 8:3, Gal 4:15, Col 4:13, 1Th 2:11 (in some texts: see No. 2); 3Jo 1:3,3Jo 1:6,3Jo 1:12 (2nd part); (h) of the Apostle Paul concerning Israel, Rom 10:2; (i) of an angel, to the churches, Rev 22:16; (j) of unbelievers concerning themselves, Mat 23:31; concerning Christ, Joh 18:23; concerning others, Joh 2:25, Act 22:5, Act 26:5; (II) "to give a good report, to approve of," Act 6:3, Act 10:22, Act 16:2, Act 22:12, 1Ti 5:10, 3Jo 1:12 (1st part); some would put Luk 4:22 here. strictly meaning "to summon as a witness," signifies "to affirm solemnly, adjure," and is used in the Middle Voice only, rendered "to testify" in Act 20:26, RV (AV, "I take ... to record"); Act 26:22, RV, in the best texts [see No. 1 (e)]; Gal 5:3, Eph 4:17, 1Th 2:11, in the best texts [see No. 1 (g)]. denotes "to bear witness with" (sun), Rom 2:15, Rom 8:16, Rom 9:1. denotes "to join in bearing witness with others," Heb 2:4. denotes "to witness against" (kata), Mat 26:62, Mat 27:13, Mar 14:60 (in some mss., Mar 15:4, for kategoreo, "to accuse," RV). "to bear false witness" (pseudes, "false"), occurs in Mat 19:18, Mar 10:19, Mar 1:14-57, Luk 18:20; in some texts, Rom 13:9. denotes "without witness" (a, negative, and martus), Act 14:17.
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