'Testimony' in the Bible
And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem so that they could ask him, "Who are you?"
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!
What he has seen and heard, this he testifies, and no one accepts his testimony.
The one who accepts his testimony has attested that God is true.
There is another who testifies about me, and I know that the testimony which he testifies about me is true.
(And I do not receive testimony from people, but I say these [things] in order that you may be saved.)
"But I have a testimony greater than John's, for the works which the Father has given to me that I should complete them--the very works which I am doing--[these] testify about me, that the Father has sent me.
So the Pharisees said to him, "You testify concerning yourself! Your testimony is not true."
Jesus answered and said to them, "Even if I testify concerning myself, my testimony is true, because I know where I have come from and where I am going. But you do not know where I have come from or where I am going.
And even in your law it is written that the testimony of two men is true.
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.
This is the disciple who is testifying about these [things], and who has written down these [things]. And we know that his testimony is true.