1 John 5:7

Because there are shloshah giving solemn eidus:

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.

In Context

6This One is the One having come by mayim and dahm, Yehoshua, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach; not by the mayim only, but by the mayim and by the dahm; and the Ruach Hakodesh is the one giving solemn eidus, because the Ruach Hakodesh is HaEmes.

8the Ruach Hakodesh and the mayim and the dahm, and the shloshah are for solemn eidus.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 6:4Shema Yisroel Adonoi ( Hashem) Eloheinu Adonoi ( Hashem) Echad.

Isaiah 48:16Come ye near unto Me, hear ye this; 1 I have not spoken baseter (in secret) merosh (from the first); 1 from the time that it takes place, there am I; 1 and now Adonoi Hashem, and His Ruach, + 48:16 Hakodesh hath sent Me. + 48:16 Moshiach, the Eved Hashem; see Isa 42:1; see Hashem ʼs Kedushah HaMeshulleshet here 1

Matthew 3:16And having received the tevilah in the Yardenʼs mikveh mayim, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach immediately came up. And, hinei! The Shomayim were opened to him, and he saw the Ruach Hakodesh of Hashem descending like a yonah (dove) and coming upon him.

Matthew 18:16But if he does not listen to you, take one or two more Achim b'Moshiach with you, so that by the PI SHNAYIM SHLOSHAH EDIM + 18:16 Dt 19:15 (by the mouth of two or three witnesses) every word shall be established.

John 1:1Bereshis (in the Beginning) was the Dvar Hashem, + 1:1 Isa 55:11; Gn 1:3 and the Dvar Hashem was agav (along with, etzel) + 1:1 Prov 8:30; 30:4 Hashem, and the Dvar Hashem was nothing less, by nature, than Elohim! + 1:1 Ps 56:10 [11]; Yn 17:5; Rv 19:13 i.e., the Ma'amar Memra

John 5:26For just as HaAv has Chayyim (Life) in himself, + 5:26 Dt 30:20; Job 10:12; 33:4; Ps 36:9 [10] so also HaBen He gave to have Chayyim (Life) in himself.

Matthew Henry on 1 John 5:7-10

The Witnesses in Heaven and on Earth. ( a. d. 80.) 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. 7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. 8 And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one. 9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of… Read the whole commentary →

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