'Witness' in the Bible

He says to him, Which? And Jesus said, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,

So that ye bear witness of yourselves that ye are sons of those who slew the prophets:

And these glad tidings of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole habitable earth, for a witness to all the nations, and then shall come the end.

And the chief priests and the elders and the whole sanhedrim sought false witness against Jesus, so that they might put him to death.

And the high priest standing up said to him, Answerest thou nothing? What do these witness against thee?

Then says Pilate to him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee?

Thou knowest the commandments: Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honour thy father and mother.

For many bore false witness against him, and their testimony did not agree.

And certain persons rose up and bore false witness against him, saying,

And Pilate asked him again, saying, Answerest thou nothing? See of how many things they bear witness against thee.

And all bore witness to him, and wondered at the words of grace which were coming out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this the son of Joseph?

And as many as may not receive you, going forth from that city, shake off even the dust from your feet for a witness against them.

Ye bear witness then, and consent to the works of your fathers; for they killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.

Thou knowest the commandments: Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.

And they said, What need have we any more of witness, for we have heard ourselves out of his mouth?

He came for witness, that he might witness concerning the light, that all might believe through him.

He was not the light, but that he might witness concerning the light.

(John bears witness of him, and he has cried, saying, This was he of whom I said, He that comes after me is preferred before me, for he was before me;)

And this is the witness of John, when the Jews sent from Jerusalem priests and Levites that they might ask him, Thou, who art thou?

And John bore witness, saying, I beheld the Spirit descending as a dove from heaven, and it abode upon him.

And I have seen and borne witness that this is the Son of God.

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.

And they came to John and said to him, Rabbi, he who was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, he baptises, and all come to him.

Ye yourselves bear me witness that I said, I am not the Christ, but, that I am sent before him.

But many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him because of the word of the woman who bore witness, He told me all things that I had ever done.

for Jesus himself bore witness that a prophet has no honour in his own country.

If I bear witness concerning myself, my witness is not true.

It is another who bears witness concerning me, and I know that the witness which he bears concerning me is true.

Ye have sent unto John, and he has borne witness to the truth.

But I do not receive witness from man, but I say this that ye might be saved.

But I have the witness that is greater than that of John; for the works which the Father has given me that I should complete them, the works themselves which I do, bear witness concerning me that the Father has sent me.

And the Father who has sent me himself has borne witness concerning me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor have seen his shape,

Ye search the scriptures, for ye think that in them ye have life eternal, and they it is which bear witness concerning me;

The world cannot hate you, but me it hates, because I bear witness concerning it that its works are evil.

The Pharisees therefore said to him, Thou bearest witness concerning thyself; thy witness is not true.

Jesus answered and said to them, Even if I bear witness concerning myself, my witness is true, because I know whence I came and whither I go: but ye know not whence I come and whither I go.

I am one who bear witness concerning myself, and the Father who has sent me bears witness concerning me.

Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye do not believe. The works which I do in my Father's name, these bear witness concerning me:

The crowd therefore that was with him bore witness because he had called Lazarus out of the tomb, and raised him from among the dead.

But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who goes forth from with the Father, he shall bear witness concerning me;

and ye too bear witness, because ye are with me from the beginning.

Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil; but if well, why smitest thou me?

Pilate therefore said to him, Thou art then a king? Jesus answered, Thou sayest it, that I am a king. I have been born for this, and for this I have come into the world, that I might bear witness to the truth. Every one that is of the truth hears my voice.

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

This is the disciple who bears witness concerning these things, and who has written these things; and we know that his witness is true.

beginning from the baptism of John until the day in which he was taken up from us, one of these should be a witness with us of his resurrection.

Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus the Nazaraean, a man borne witness to by God to you by works of power and wonders and signs, which God wrought by him in your midst, as yourselves know

and with great power did the apostles give witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all.

And they said, Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous man, and fearing God, and borne witness to by the whole nation of the Jews, has been divinely instructed by a holy angel to send for thee to his house, and hear words from thee.

To him all the prophets bear witness that every one that believes on him will receive through his name remission of sins.

And having removed him he raised up to them David for king, of whom also bearing witness he said, I have found David, the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who shall do all my will.

They stayed therefore a good while, speaking boldly, confiding in the Lord, who gave witness to the word of his grace, giving signs and wonders to be done by their hands.

though indeed he did not leave himself without witness, doing good, and giving to you from heaven rain and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.

And the heart-knowing God bore them witness, giving them the Holy Spirit as to us also,

Wherefore I witness to you this day, that I am clean from the blood of all,

as also the high priest bears me witness, and all the elderhood: from whom also, having received letters to the brethren, I went to Damascus to bring those also who were there, bound, to Jerusalem, to be punished.

And a certain Ananias, a pious man according to the law, borne witness to by all the Jews who dwelt there,

for thou shalt be a witness for him to all men of what thou hast seen and heard.

and when the blood of thy witness Stephen was shed, I also myself was standing by and consenting, and kept the clothes of them who killed him.

But the following night the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good courage; for as thou hast testified the things concerning me at Jerusalem, so thou must bear witness at Rome also.

who knew me before from the outset of my life, if they would bear witness, that according to the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.

but rise up and stand on thy feet; for, for this purpose have I appeared to thee, to appoint thee to be a servant and a witness both of what thou hast seen, and of what I shall appear to thee in,

For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the glad tidings of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you,

who shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts accusing or else excusing themselves between themselves;)

But now without law righteousness of God is manifested, borne witness to by the law and the prophets;

The Spirit itself bears witness with our spirit, that we are children of God.

I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing witness with me in the Holy Spirit,

For I bear them witness that they have zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.

But I call God to witness upon my soul that to spare you I have not yet come to Corinth.

For according to their power, I bear witness, and beyond their power, they were willing of their own accord,

and not only so, but is also chosen by the assemblies as our fellow-traveller with this grace, ministered by us to the glory of the Lord himself, and a witness of our readiness;

What then was your blessedness? for I bear you witness that, if possible, plucking out your own eyes ye would have given them to me.

And I witness again to every man who is circumcised, that he is debtor to do the whole law.

For God is my witness how I long after you all in the bowels of Christ Jesus.

For I bear him witness that he labours much for you, and them in Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis.

For we have not at any time been among you with flattering discourse, even as ye know, nor with a pretext for covetousness, God is witness;

borne witness to in good works, if she have brought up children, if she have exercised hospitality, if she have washed saints' feet, if she have imparted relief to the distressed, if she have diligently followed every good work.

God bearing, besides, witness with them to it, both by signs and wonders, and various acts of power, and distributions of the Holy Spirit, according to his will?

And here dying men receive tithes; but there one of whom the witness is that he lives;

For it is borne witness, Thou art a priest for ever according to the order of Melchisedec.

And the Holy Spirit also bears us witness of it; for after what was said:

And these all, having obtained witness through faith, did not receive the promise,

Your gold and silver is eaten away, and their canker shall be for a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as fire. Ye have heaped up treasure in the last days.

The elders which are among you I exhort, who am their fellow-elder and witness of the sufferings of the Christ, who also am partaker of the glory about to be revealed:

(and the life has been manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and report to you the eternal life, which was with the Father, and has been manifested to us:)

This is he that came by water and blood, Jesus the Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that bears witness, for the Spirit is the truth.

For they that bear witness are three:

If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater. For this is the witness of God which he has witnessed concerning his Son.

He that believes on the Son of God has the witness in himself; he that does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the witness which God has witnessed concerning his Son.

And this is the witness, that God has given to us eternal life; and this life is in his Son.

Demetrius has witness borne to him by all, and by the truth itself; and we also bear witness, and thou knowest that our witness is true.

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and has washed us from our sins in his blood,

I know where thou dwellest, where the throne of Satan is; and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in the days in which Antipas my faithful witness was, who was slain among you, where Satan dwells.

And to the angel of the assembly in Laodicea write: These things says the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God:

And after these things I saw, and the temple of the tabernacle of witness in the heaven was opened;