'Witness' in the Bible

And Jesus said to him, See that you say nothing about this to anyone; but go and let the priest see you and make the offering which was ordered by Moses, for a witness to them.

And you will come before rulers and kings because of me, for a witness to them and to the Gentiles.

To everyone, then, who gives witness to me before men, I will give witness before my Father in heaven.

For out of the heart come evil thoughts, the taking of life, broken faith between the married, unclean desires of the flesh, taking of property, false witness, bitter words:

He says to him, Which? And Jesus said, Do not put anyone to death, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not take what is not yours, Do not give false witness,

And this good news of the kingdom will be given through all the world for a witness to all nations; and then the end will come.

Now the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin were looking for false witness against Jesus, so that they might put him to death;

And after a little time those who were near came and said to Peter, Truly you are one of them; because your talk is witness against you.

See that you say nothing to any man: but go and let the priest see you, and make yourself clean by an offering of the things ordered by Moses, for a witness to them.

And whatever place will not take you in and will not give ear to you, when you go away, put off the dust from your feet as a witness against them.

You have knowledge of what is said in the law, Do not put any one to death, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not take what is not yours, Do not give false witness, Do not get money by deceit, Give honour to your father and mother.

Now the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin were looking for witness against Jesus so that they might put him to death; and they were unable to get any.

For a number gave false witness against him and their witness was not in agreement.

Then some got up and gave false witness against him, saying,

And even so their witness was not in agreement.

And they went out, preaching everywhere, the Lord working with them, and giving witness to the word by the signs which came after. So be it.

For he has had pity on his servant, though she is poor and lowly placed: and from this hour will all generations give witness to the blessing which has come to me.

And they were all giving witness, with wonder, to the words of grace which came from his mouth: and they said, Is not this the son of Joseph?

And he gave him orders: Say nothing to any man, but let the priest see you and give an offering so that you may be made clean, as the law of Moses says, and for a witness to them.

And if any people will not take you in, when you go away from that town, put off its dust from your feet for a witness against them.

Even the dust of your town, which is on our feet, we put off as a witness against you; but be certain of this, that the kingdom of God is near.

And I say to you that to everyone who gives witness to me before men, the Son of man will give witness before the angels of God.

You have knowledge of what the law says: Do not be untrue to your wife, Do not put anyone to death, Do not take what is not yours, Do not give false witness, Give honour to your father and mother.

And it will be turned to a witness for you.

And they said, What more need have we of witness? we have the very words of his mouth.

He came for witness, to give witness about the light, so that all men might have faith through him.

He himself was not the light: he was sent to give witness about the light.

John gave witness about him, crying, This is he of whom I said, He who is coming after me is put over me because he was in existence before me.

And this is the witness of John when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to him with the question, Who are you?

And John gave this witness, saying, I saw the Spirit coming down from heaven like a dove and resting on him.

This I saw myself and my witness is that he is the Son of God.

He had no need for any witness about man; for he himself had knowledge of what was in man.

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.

And they went to John and said to him, Rabbi, the man who was with you on the other side of the Jordan, the man to whom you gave witness, is now giving baptism, and everyone is going to him.

You yourselves give witness that I said, I am not the Christ. What I said was, I am sent before the Christ.

He gives witness of what he has seen and of what has come to his ears; and no man takes his witness as true.

He who so takes his witness has made clear his faith that God is true.

Now a number of the people of that town had faith in him because of the woman's witness: He has been talking to me of everything I ever did.

If I gave witness about myself, my witness would not be true.

There is another who gives witness about me and I am certain that the witness he gives about me is true.

You sent to John and he gave true witness.

But I have no need of a man's witness: I only say these things so that you may have salvation.

But the witness which I have is greater than that of John: the work which the Father has given me to do, the very work which I am now doing, is a witness that the Father has sent me.

And the Father himself who sent me has given witness about me. Not one of you has ever given ear to his voice; his form you have not seen.

You make search in the holy Writings, in the belief that through them you get eternal life; and it is those Writings which give witness about me.

It is not possible for you to be hated by the world; but I am hated by it, because I give witness that what it does is evil.

So the Pharisees said to him, The witness you give is about yourself: your witness is not true.

Jesus said in answer, Even if I give witness about myself, my witness is true, because I have knowledge of where I came from and where I am going; but you have no knowledge of where I come from or of where I am going.

Even in your law it is said that the witness of two men is true.

I give witness about myself and the Father who sent me gives witness about me.

Jesus said in answer, I have said it and you have no belief: the works which I do in my Father's name, these give witness about me.

When Jesus had said this he was troubled in spirit, and gave witness, saying, Truly I say to you, that one of you will be false to me.

When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father even the Spirit of true knowledge who comes from the Father--he will give witness about me;

And you, in addition, will give witness because you have been with me from the first.

Jesus said in answer, If I have said anything evil, give witness to the evil: but if I said what is true, why do you give me blows?

Then Pilate said to him, Are you then a king? Jesus made answer, You say that I am a king. For this purpose was I given birth, and for this purpose I came into the world, that I might give witness to what is true. Every lover of what is true gives ear to my voice.

And he who saw it has given witness (and his witness is true; he is certain that what he says is true) so that you may have belief.

This is the disciple who gives witness about these things and who put them in writing: and we have knowledge that his witness is true.

Starting from the baptism of John till he went up from us, one will have to be a witness with us of his coming back from death.

And with more such words he gave his witness, offering them salvation and saying, Come out from this evil generation.

And with great power the Apostles gave witness of the coming back of the Lord Jesus from the dead; and grace was on them all.

Our fathers had the Tent of witness in the waste land, as God gave orders to Moses to make it after the design which he had seen.

So they, having given their witness and made clear the word of the Lord, went back to Jerusalem, giving the good news on their way in a number of the small towns of Samaria.

And he gave us orders to give news of this to the people, and to give public witness that this is he whom God has made judge of the living and the dead.

To him all the prophets give witness, that through his name everyone who has faith in him will have forgiveness of sins.

And having put him on one side, he made David their king, to whom he gave witness, saying, I have taken David, the son of Jesse, a man dear to my heart, who will do all my pleasure.

So they kept there for a long time, taking heart in the Lord, who gave witness to the word of his grace by causing signs and wonders to be done by their hands.

But he was not without witness, because he did good, and gave you rain from heaven and times of fruit, making your hearts full of food and joy.

And God, the searcher of hearts, was a witness to them, giving them the Holy Spirit even as he did to us;

But I put no value on my life, if only at the end of it I may see the work complete which was given to me by the Lord Jesus, to be a witness of the good news of the grace of God.

Of which the high priest will be a witness, and all the rulers, from whom I had letters to the brothers; and I went into Damascus, to take those who were there as prisoners to Jerusalem for punishment.

For you will be a witness for him to all men of what you have seen and of what has come to your ears.

And I saw him saying to me, Go out of Jerusalem straight away because they will not give hearing to your witness about me.

And when Stephen your witness was put to death, I was there, giving approval, and looking after the clothing of those who put him to death.

And the night after, the Lord came to his side and said, Be of good heart, for as you have been witnessing for me in Jerusalem, so will you be my witness in Rome.

And they are able to say, if they would give witness, that I was living as a Pharisee, in that division of our religion which is most regular in the keeping of the law.

But get up on your feet: for I have come to you for this purpose, to make you a servant and a witness of the things in which you have seen me, and of those in which you will see me;

And when a day had been fixed, they came to his house in great numbers; and he gave them teaching, giving witness to the kingdom of God, and having discussions with them about Jesus, from the law of Moses and from the prophets, from morning till evening.

For God is my witness, whose servant I am in spirit in the good news of his Son, that you are at all times in my memory and in my prayers,

Because the work of the law is seen in their hearts, their sense of right and wrong giving witness to it, while their minds are at one time judging them and at another giving them approval;

But now without the law there is a revelation of the righteousness of God, to which witness is given by the law and the prophets;

And he was given the sign of circumcision as a witness of the faith which he had before he underwent circumcision: so that he might be the father of all those who have faith, though they have not circumcision, and so that righteousness might be put to their account;

The Spirit is witness with our spirit that we are children of God:

I say what is true in Christ, and not what is false, my mind giving witness with me in the Holy Spirit,

For I give witness of them that they have a strong desire for God, but not with knowledge.

Even as the witness of the Christ has been made certain among you:

For whenever you take the bread and the cup you give witness to the Lord's death till he comes.

Yes, and we are seen to be false witnesses of God; because we gave witness of God that by his power Christ came again from the dead: which is not true if there is no coming back from the dead.

But God is my witness that it was in pity for you that I did not come to Corinth at that time.

Now he who has made us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a witness of what is to come.

For I give them witness, that as they were able, and even more than they were able, they gave from the impulse of their hearts,

The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, to whom be praise for ever, is witness that the things which I say are true.

Now God is witness that the things which I am writing to you are true.

Where then is that happy condition of yours? because I give you witness, that, if possible, you would have taken out your eyes and given them to me.

Yes, I give witness again to every man who undergoes circumcision, that he will have to keep all the law.

This I say, then, and give witness in the Lord, that you are to go no longer in the way of the Gentiles whose minds are turned to that which has no profit,

For God is my witness, how my love goes out to you all in the loving mercies of Christ Jesus.

And that every tongue may give witness that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

For I give witness of him that he has undergone much trouble for you and for those in Laodicea and in Hierapolis.

For our witness does not come from error or from an unclean heart or from deceit: