Matthew 18:16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

That in

General references

Numbers 35:30

Deuteronomy 17:6

Bible References

That in

" 'If anyone kills a person, the killer will be put to death {according to the testimony} of witnesses, but someone cannot die on testimony of one person.

{On the evidence of} two or three witnesses {the person shall be put to death}. The person shall not be put to death by the mouth of one witness.

{The testimony of a single witness may not be used to convict} [with respect to] any crime and for any wrongdoing in any offense that a person committed; on the {evidence} of two witnesses or on the {evidence} of three witnesses {a charge shall be sustained}.

Then the two men, {scoundrels}, came, sat opposite him, and the {scoundrels} witnessed against Naboth before the people, saying, "Naboth cursed God and the king," so they brought him outside of the city and stoned him with stones, and he died.

And even in your law it is written that the testimony of two men is true.

This [is] the third [time] I am coming to you. {By the testimony} of two or three witnesses every word will be established.

Do not accept an accusation against an elder except on the evidence of two or three witnesses.

Anyone who rejected the law of Moses dies without mercy on [the testimony of] two or three witnesses.

For [there] are three that testify,

And I will grant [authority] to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy [for one] thousand two hundred sixty days, dressed in sackcloth."

General references

" 'If anyone kills a person, the killer will be put to death {according to the testimony} of witnesses, but someone cannot die on testimony of one person.

{On the evidence of} two or three witnesses {the person shall be put to death}. The person shall not be put to death by the mouth of one witness.