'Testimony' in the Bible
And Jesus said to him, "See that you tell no one, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony to them."
But if he does not listen, take with you in addition one or two [others], so that by {the testimony} of two or three witnesses every matter may be established.
He said to him, "Which [ones]?" And Jesus said, "Do not commit murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony,
And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed in the whole inhabited earth for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.
Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for false testimony against Jesus in order that they could put him to death.
And he said to him, "See to it that you say nothing to anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest and bring for your cleansing [the things] which Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.
And whatever place does not welcome you or listen to you, [as you] go out from there, shake off the dust that is on your feet for a testimony against them."
You know the commandments: 'Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, do not defraud, honor your father and mother.'"
Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for testimony against Jesus in order to put him to death, and they did not find [it].
For many gave false testimony against him, and their testimony was not consistent.
And some stood up [and] began to give false testimony against him, saying,
And he ordered him, "Tell no one, but go [and] show yourself to the priest and bring [the offering] for your cleansing just as Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.
And [as for] all those who do not welcome you--[when you] depart from that town, shake off the dust from your feet for a testimony against them."
You know the commandments: 'Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not give false testimony, honor your father and mother.'"
And they said, "Why do we have need [of] further testimony? For [we] ourselves have heard [it] from his mouth!"
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.
And with great power the apostles were giving testimony [to] the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was on them all.
The tabernacle of the testimony {belonged} to our fathers in the wilderness, just as the one who spoke to Moses directed [him] to make it according to the design that he had seen,
and saw him saying to me, 'Hurry and depart {quickly} from Jerusalem, because they will not accept your testimony about me.'
just as the testimony about Christ has been confirmed in you,
And I, [when I] came to you, brothers, did not come with superiority of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.
For our reason for boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience that we conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you, in holiness and purity of motive from God, not in merely human wisdom, but by the grace of God.
This [is] the third [time] I am coming to you. {By the testimony} of two or three witnesses every word will be established.
whenever he should come to be glorified on that day by his saints and to be marveled at by all who believe, because our testimony was believed among you,
who gave himself a ransom for all, the testimony at the proper time,
But [he] must also have a good testimony from those outside, in order that he may not fall into disgrace and the trap of the devil.
Therefore, do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, nor me his prisoner, but suffer along with [me] for the gospel, according to the power of God,
This testimony is true, for which reason reprove them severely, in order that they may be sound in the faith,
And Moses [was] faithful in all his house as a servant, for a testimony to the things that would be spoken,
Anyone who rejected the law of Moses dies without mercy on [the testimony of] two or three witnesses.
If we receive the testimony of people, the testimony of God is greater, because this is the testimony of God that he has testified concerning his Son.
(The one who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. The one who does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has testified concerning his Son.)
And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
Demetrius has been testified to by all, even by the truth itself. And we also testify [to him], and you know that our testimony is true.
who testified about the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ, all that he saw.
I, John, your brother and co-sharer in the affliction and kingdom and steadfastness in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony about Jesus.
And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slaughtered because of the word of God and because of the testimony which they had,
And when they have completed their testimony, the beast that comes up from the abyss will make war with them and will conquer them and will kill them.
And they conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives until death.
And the dragon was angry at the woman, and went away to {fight against} the rest of her children, those who keep the commandments of God and who hold to the testimony about Jesus.
And after these [things] I looked, and the temple, the tent of the testimony in heaven, was opened,
And I fell down before his feet to worship him, and he said to me, "{Do not do that!} I am a fellow slave of you and of your brothers who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy."
And I saw thrones, and they sat down on them, and authority to judge was granted to them. And [I saw] the souls of those who had been beheaded because of the testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God, and who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and did not receive the mark on their forehead and on their hand, and they came to life and reigned with Christ [for] a thousand years.