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Selected Verse: John 8:17 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Joh 8:17 |
King James |
It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
In your law - Deu 17:6; Deu 19:15. Compare Mat 18:16. This related to cases in which the life of an individual was involved. Jesus says that if, in such a case, the testimony of two men were sufficient to establish a fact, his own testimony and that of his Father ought to be esteemed ample evidence in the case of religious doctrine.
Two men - If two men could confirm a case, the evidence of Jesus and of God ought not to be deemed insufficient.
Is true - In Deuteronomy, "established." This means the same thing. It is confirmed; is worthy of belief. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
In your law (ἐν τῷ νόμῳ τῷ ὑμετέρῳ)
Literally, in the law, that which is yours. Yours has an emphatic force: of which you claim a monopoly. See Joh 7:49.
It is written (γέγραπται)
The perfect tense: it has been written, and stands written. The common form of citation elsewhere, but used by John of the Old Testament scriptures only here. His usual form is γεγραμμένον ἐστίν, the participle with the finite verb, literally, it is having been written.
The witness of two men
See Deu 19:15.
The Father - beareth witness of me
Thus there are two witnesses, and the letter of the law is fulfilled. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Deu 19:15. |
16 But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.
15 One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.
6 At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.
15 One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.
49 But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed.
15 One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.