John 8:17

In your Jewish law, it says that if 2 people tell the same story, then that shows that their story is true.

Plain English Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

16but if I do judge somebody, I judge them the right way. You see, I don’t judge by myself. My father sent me here, and we judge people together.

18All right, I am one person, and my father is the other one. He is the one that sent me to the world. We both tell you the same story about me. And you reckon you follow your law, so you have to believe me.”

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Cross References

John 10:34Jesus said to them, “You have God’s book, and you can read these words there, ‘God said that you are gods.’

Galatians 4:21Listen, you mob that want to follow the Jewish law, you don’t really know what that law says.

1 John 5:9You know, if people tell us a story about something that happened, we believe them. Well, we can trust God even more than we trust people. God always tells the true story. So we have to believe the story that God told us about his son.

Matthew Henry on John 8:13-21

Christ's Discourse with the Pharisees. 12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. 13 The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest record of thyself; thy record is not true. 14 Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear record of myself, yet my record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go. 15 Ye judge after the flesh; I judge… Read the whole commentary →

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