'Testimony' in the Bible
This was John's testimony when the Jewish leaders sent priests and descendants of Levi to him from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?"
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.
He testifies about what he has seen and heard, yet no one accepts his testimony.
The person who has accepted his testimony has acknowledged that God is truthful.
"If I testify on my own behalf, my testimony is not trustworthy.
There is another who testifies about me, and I know that the testimony he gives about me is true.
I myself do not accept human testimony, but I am saying these things so that you may be saved.
"But I have a greater testimony than John's, because the actions that the Father has given me to complete the very actions that I am doing testify on my behalf that the Father has sent me.
The Pharisees told him, "You're testifying about yourself. Your testimony isn't valid."
Jesus answered them, "Even though I'm testifying about myself, my testimony is valid because I know where I've come from and where I'm going. But you don't know where I come from or where I'm going.
In your own Law it is written that the testimony of two people is valid.
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,
This is the disciple who is testifying to these things and has written them down. We know that his testimony is true.