Parallel Verses
An Understandable Version
Truly, truly, I tell you, we [i.e., Jesus and His disciples] speak about what we know, and testify about what we have seen, but you do not accept our testimony.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
Truly, I tell you emphatically, we know what we're talking about, and we testify about what we've seen. Yet you people do not accept our testimony.
A Conservative Version
Truly, truly, I say to thee, we speak that which we know, and testify of what we have seen, and ye do not accept our testimony.
American Standard Version
Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that which we know, and bear witness of that which we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
Amplified
Anderson New Testament
Verily, verily, I say to you, we speak that which we know, and testify to that which we have seen; and you receive not our testimony.
Bible in Basic English
Truly, I say to you, We say that of which we have knowledge; we give witness of what we have seen; and you do not take our witness to be true.
Common New Testament
Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak of what we know, and testify to what we have seen; but you do not receive our testimony.
Daniel Mace New Testament
I declare unto thee, we speak what we know, and testify what we have seen; but you do not receive our testimony.
Darby Translation
Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that which we know, and we bear witness of that which we have seen, and ye receive not our witness.
Godbey New Testament
Truly, truly, I say unto thee, that we speak what we know, and testify what we have seen; and you received not our testimony.
Goodspeed New Testament
I tell you, we know what we are talking about and we have seen the things we testify to, yet you all reject our testimony.
John Wesley New Testament
Verily, verily I say to thee, we speak what we know, and testify what we have seen; yet ye receive not our testimony.
Julia Smith Translation
Truly, truly, I say to thee, that what we know, we speak, and what we have seen we testify; and ye receive not our testimony.
King James 2000
Verily, verily, I say unto you, We speak what we do know, and testify what we have seen; and you receive not our witness.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Truly, truly I say to you, we speak what we know, and we testify [about] what we have seen, and you do not accept our testimony!
Modern King James verseion
Truly, truly, I say to you, We speak what we know and testify what we have seen. And you do not receive our witness.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Verily, verily I say unto thee, we speak that we know, and testify that we have seen: And ye receive not our witness.
Moffatt New Testament
Truly, truly I tell you, we are speaking of what we do understand, we testify to what we have actually seen ??and yet you refuse our testimony.
Montgomery New Testament
"Most solemnly I tell you we are speaking of what we know, and it is about that of which we were eyewitnesses that we give testimony. Yet all of you reject our testimony.
NET Bible
I tell you the solemn truth, we speak about what we know and testify about what we have seen, but you people do not accept our testimony.
New Heart English Bible
Truly, truly, I tell you, we speak that which we know, and testify of that which we have seen, and you do not receive our witness.
Noyes New Testament
Truly, truly do I say to thee, We speak that which we know, and testify that which we have seen; and ye receive not our testimony.
Sawyer New Testament
I tell you most truly, that we speak what we know, and what we have seen we testify; and you receive not our testimony.
The Emphasized Bible
Verily, verily, I say unto thee: What we know, we speak, and, of what we have seen, we bear witness, and, our witness, ye receive not.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Verily, verity, I tell thee, That what we know we speak, and what we have seen we affirm; and ye receive not our testimony.
Twentieth Century New Testament
In truth I tell you that we speak of what we know, and state what we have seen; and yet you do not accept our statements.
Webster
Verily, verily, I say to thee, We speak what we know, and testify what we have seen; and ye receive not our testimony.
Weymouth New Testament
In most solemn truth I tell you that we speak what we know, and give testimony of that of which we were eye-witnesses, and yet you all reject our testimony.
Williams New Testament
I most solemnly say to you, we know what we are talking about and we have seen what we are testifying to, yet you are all rejecting our testimony.
World English Bible
Most certainly I tell you, we speak that which we know, and testify of that which we have seen, and you don't receive our witness.
Worrell New Testament
Verily, verily, I say to you, We speak that which We know, and testify to that which We have seen; and ye receive not Our testimony.
Worsley New Testament
I assure thee, that we speak what we know, and testify what we have seen; though ye receive not our testimony.
Youngs Literal Translation
Verily, verily, I say to thee -- What we have known we speak, and what we have seen we testify, and our testimony ye do not receive;
Themes
Christ » Witness, a » To the truth
Jesus Christ » History of » Nicodemus comes to jesus (in jerusalem)
Knowledge » Prepares men for the duties of life » Christ's message grounded in experience
Topics
Interlinear
Hos
ὅς ἥ ὅ
Hos
which, whom, that, who, whose, what, that which, whereof,
Usage: 980
and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0
Martureo
Word Count of 37 Translations in John 3:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Meeting With Nicodemus
10 Jesus answered him, "Are you a teacher of the Israelites and [yet] you do not understand these things? 11 Truly, truly, I tell you, we [i.e., Jesus and His disciples] speak about what we know, and testify about what we have seen, but you do not accept our testimony. 12 If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe [it], how will you believe [it] if I tell you about heavenly things?
Cross References
John 1:18
No one has ever seen God [i.e., His full splendor], but God, the only conceived [and eventually born Son], who is at the Father's side, has shown us who He is.
John 7:16
So, Jesus answered them, "What I am teaching is not mine, but [it belongs] to Him who sent me [i.e., to God].
John 5:43
I have come in my Father's name [i.e., by His authority] and you do not accept me. If someone else comes in his own name [i.e., by his own authority], you will accept him.
John 12:49
For I did not speak from myself [i.e., on my own authority], but the Father Himself, who sent me, has ordered me what to say and speak.
John 14:24
The person who does not love me will not obey my teaching. And the message you are hearing is not mine, but belongs to the Father, who sent me.
Matthew 11:27
"All things have been entrusted to me by my Father and no one [truly] knows the Son except the Father. And neither does anyone [truly] know the Father except the Son and that person to whom the Son wants to reveal Him.
Matthew 23:37
"O, Jerusalem, Jerusalem, [you people] who murdered the prophets and stoned those who were sent to you! How often I have wanted to gather you people together, even as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!
Luke 10:22
Everything has been handed over to me by my Father and no one knows the Son except the Father. And [no one knows] the Father except the Son and whatever person the Son wants to reveal Him to."
John 1:11
[Then] He came to His own [world, while on earth], but His own [people, the Israelites] did not welcome Him.
John 3:3
Jesus said to him, "Truly, truly, I tell you, a person cannot see the kingdom of God [i.e., enter it. See verse 5], unless he is born from above [Note: The words "from above" are also used in verse 31, but in this place they could also mean "again," or "anew" and refer to the source of a person's second birth].
John 3:5
Jesus answered him, "Truly, truly, I tell you, a person cannot enter the kingdom of God unless he is born out of water and the Holy Spirit.
John 3:13
And no one has gone up to heaven except the One who has come down from heaven, [even] the Son of man. {{Most translations do not contain the added words "who is in heaven"}}.
John 3:32-34
He testifies concerning what He has seen and heard, but no one accepts His testimony.
John 5:31-40
If I testify about myself, my testimony is not [considered] true.
John 8:14
Jesus replied to them, "Even if I do give testimony about myself, it is [still] true, because I know where I came from and where I am going. But you people do not know where I came from or where I am going.
John 8:28-29
So, Jesus said, "When you have lifted up the Son of man [i.e., to crucify Him], then you will know that I am [the Messiah] and that I do not do anything on my own authority, but I speak [only] those things that the Father has taught me.
John 8:38
I am telling [you] about what I have seen in my Father's presence; but you [should] do what you have heard from your father."
John 12:37-38
But [even] though Jesus had performed so many [miraculous] signs in front of the people, still they did not believe in Him.
Acts 22:18
And I saw [and heard] the Lord saying to me, 'Hurry up, get out of Jerusalem quickly, because the people [here] will reject your testimony about me.'
Acts 28:23-27
And when they had arranged a day, large numbers of people came to Paul's house. He explained [everything to them], testifying from morning until evening concerning the kingdom of God and concerning [the Messiahship of] Jesus, both from the law of Moses and from [the writings of] the prophets.
2 Corinthians 4:4
For the god of this world [i.e., Satan] has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, so that they would not see the light of the Gospel of the splendor of Christ, who is the image of God.
1 John 1:1-3
We [apostles] proclaim to you [the truth about Jesus], who existed from the beginning [of time]. We have heard [Him] and seen [Him] with our [own] eyes. We looked at Him, and [even] touched Him with our hands. [See John 20:20]. [So, we proclaim that] He is the word of life [i.e., the life-giving Word]!
1 John 5:6-12
This Jesus is the one whose coming [to earth was introduced] by water [at His immersion. See Matt. 3:13] and [completed] by blood [at His crucifixion, John 19:17-37]. He did not come by the water only, but by the water and by the blood. And it is the Holy Spirit who gives testimony [at both of these events], because the Holy Spirit is [always] the truth. [See John 16:13].
Revelation 1:5
[It is also] from Jesus Christ, who is the Faithful Witness [to the truth], the Firstborn from the dead [i.e., the first One raised never to die again], the Ruler of the kings of the world. May there be honor and power forever and ever to Christ, who loved us and released us from our sins by His blood [Note: Some manuscripts say "washed us" since the two words are spelled almost alike].
Revelation 3:14
"Write [this] to the angel of the church at Laodicia: These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the source [or, ruler] of God's creation [See John 1:3; Heb. 1:1-2]: