Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

He who saw this has testified so that you also may believe. His testimony is true, and he knows he is telling the truth.

New American Standard Bible

And he who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true; and he knows that he is telling the truth, so that you also may believe.

King James Version

And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.

International Standard Version

The one who saw this has testified, and his testimony is true. He knows he is telling the truth so that you, too, may believe,

A Conservative Version

And he who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true. And that man knows that he speaks true, so that ye may believe.

American Standard Version

And he that hath seen hath borne witness, and his witness is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye also may believe.

Amplified

And he (John, the eyewitness) who has seen it has testified, and his testimony is true; and he knows that he is telling the truth, so that you also [who read this] may believe.

An Understandable Version

And the person who saw this happen is giving a true testimony about it. He knows it is true [and is giving it] so that you will believe [it, also].

Anderson New Testament

And he that saw it has given testimony, and his testimony is true, and he knows that he speaks the truth, that you may believe;

Bible in Basic English

And he who saw it has given witness (and his witness is true; he is certain that what he says is true) so that you may have belief.

Common New Testament

He who saw it has testified, and his testimony is true, and he knows that he tells the truth, that you also may believe.

Daniel Mace New Testament

he that relates this, was an eye-witness of it, and his relation is true: and he is so assured, what he says is true, that you may rely upon it.

Darby Translation

And he who saw it bears witness, and his witness is true, and he knows that he says true that ye also may believe.

Godbey New Testament

And He having seen hath testified, and his testimony is true: and he knows that he speaks the truth, that you also may believe.

Goodspeed New Testament

The man who saw it testifies to it??is testimony is true; he knows that he is telling the truth??o lead you also to believe.

John Wesley New Testament

And he that saw, hath testified it, and his testimony is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye may believe.

Julia Smith Translation

And he having seen has testified, and his testimony is true: and he knows that he says true, that ye might believe.

King James 2000

And he that saw it bares record, and his record is true: and he knows that he says the truth, that you might believe.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And the one who has seen [it] has testified, and his testimony is true, and that person knows that he is telling the truth, so that you also may believe.

Modern King James verseion

And he who saw bore record, and his record is true. And he knows that he speaks true, so that you might believe.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true. And he knoweth that he saith true that ye might believe also.

Moffatt New Testament

He who saw it has borne witness (his witness is true; God knows he is telling the truth), that you may believe.

Montgomery New Testament

And he who saw it has borne testimony, and his testimony is trustworthy, and he knows that he is telling the truth in order that you may believe.

NET Bible

And the person who saw it has testified (and his testimony is true, and he knows that he is telling the truth), so that you also may believe.

New Heart English Bible

He who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true. He knows that he tells the truth, that you may believe.

Noyes New Testament

And he that hath seen hath borne witness, and his witness is true; and he knoweth that he saith what is true, that ye also may believe.

Sawyer New Testament

He who saw has testified, and his testimony is true, for he knows that he says what is true, that you also may believe.

The Emphasized Bible

And, he that hath seen, hath borne witness; and, genuine, is his testimony, and, he, knoweth that he saith, what is true, that, ye also, may believe.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

And he that saw it bore witness, and we know that his testimony is true: and he himself is conscious that he speaketh what is true, that ye might believe.

Twentieth Century New Testament

This is the statement of one who actually saw it--and his statement may be relied upon, and he knows that he is speaking the truth--and it is given in order that you also may be convinced.

Webster

And he that saw it, testified, and his testimony is true: and he knoweth that he speaketh truth, that ye may believe.

Weymouth New Testament

This statement is the testimony of an eye-witness, and it is true. He knows that he is telling the truth--in order that you also may believe.

Williams New Testament

The man who saw it has testified to it -- and his testimony is true, and he knows that he is telling the truth -- in order that you too may come to believe it.

World English Bible

He who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true. He knows that he tells the truth, that you may believe.

Worrell New Testament

And he who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true; and he knows that he says what is true, that ye also may believe.

Worsley New Testament

And he that saw it testifieth it, and his testimony is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye may believe.

Youngs Literal Translation

and he who hath seen hath testified, and his testimony is true, and that one hath known that true things he speaketh, that ye also may believe.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

he

which, who, the things, the son,
Usage: 0

ὁράω 
Horao 
see, take heed, behold, perceive, not tr
Usage: 36

μαρτυρέω 
Martureo 
Usage: 58

and

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

his

Usage: 0

μαρτυρία 
Marturia 
Usage: 29

is
ἐστί 
Esti 
is, are, was, be, have, not tr, , vr is
Usage: 585

ἀληθινός 
Alethinos 
ἀληθής 
Alethes 
Usage: 16
Usage: 17

and he
κακεῖνος 
Kakeinos 
and he, and they, he also, and them, and the other, and him, they also, him also,
Usage: 9

εἴδω 
Eido 
Usage: 519

ὅτι 
Hoti 
ἵνα 
Hina 
Usage: 764
Usage: 472

he saith
λέγω 
Lego 
Usage: 1045

ye
ὑμείς 
Humeis 
ye, ye yourselves, you, not tr
Usage: 120

Context Readings

Jesus Dies On The Cross

34 But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and at once blood and water came out. 35 He who saw this has testified so that you also may believe. His testimony is true, and he knows he is telling the truth. 36 For these things happened so that the Scripture would be fulfilled: Not one of His bones will be broken.

Cross References

John 21:24

This is the disciple who testifies to these things and who wrote them down. We know that his testimony is true.

John 15:27

You also will testify, because you have been with Me from the beginning.

John 20:31

But these are written so that you may believe Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and by believing you may have life in His name.

Romans 15:4

For whatever was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that we may have hope through endurance and through the encouragement from the Scriptures.

1 John 1:1-3

What was from the beginning,
what we have heard,
what we have seen with our eyes,
what we have observed
and have touched with our hands,
concerning the Word of life—

John 11:15

I’m glad for you that I wasn’t there so that you may believe. But let’s go to him.”

John 11:42

I know that You always hear Me, but because of the crowd standing here I said this, so they may believe You sent Me.”

John 14:29

I have told you now before it happens so that when it does happen you may believe.

John 17:20-21

I pray not only for these,
but also for those who believe in Me
through their message.

John 19:26

When Jesus saw His mother and the disciple He loved standing there, He said to His mother, “Woman, here is your son.”

Acts 10:39

We ourselves are witnesses of everything He did in both the Judean country and in Jerusalem, yet they killed Him by hanging Him on a tree.

Hebrews 2:3-4

how will we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was first spoken by the Lord and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him.

1 Peter 5:1

Therefore, as a fellow elder and witness to the sufferings of the Messiah and also a participant in the glory about to be revealed, I exhort the elders among you:

1 John 5:13

I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life.

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