John 19:35
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The one who saw it has testified to this, and his testimony is true. He knows that he is telling the truth, so that you also may believe.”
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“The one who saw it has testified to this, and his testimony is true. He knows that he is telling the truth, so that you also may believe.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And he that hath seen hath borne witness, and his witness is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye also may believe.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and he who hath seen hath testified, and his testimony is true, and that one hath known that true things he speaketh, that ye also may believe.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo John 19:35 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- John 11:15and for your sake I am glad I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.”
- John 11:42I knew that You always hear Me, but I say this for the benefit of the people standing here, so they may believe that You sent Me.”
- John 14:29And now I have told you before it happens, so that when it does happen, you will believe.
- John 15:27And you also must testify, because you have been with Me from the beginning.
- John 17:20I am not asking on behalf of them alone, but also on behalf of those who will believe in Me through their message,
- John 19:26When Jesus saw His mother and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He said to His mother, “Woman, here is your son.”
- John 20:31But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name.
- John 21:24This is the disciple who testifies to these things and who has written them down. And we know that his testimony is true.
- Acts 10:39We are witnesses of all that He did, both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem. And although they put Him to death by hanging Him on a tree,
- Romans 15:4For everything that was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope.
- Hebrews 2:3how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? This salvation was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,
- 1 Peter 5:1As a fellow elder, a witness of Christ’s sufferings, and a partaker of the glory to be revealed, I appeal to the elders among you:
- 1 John 1:1That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our own eyes, which we have gazed upon and touched with our own hands—this is the Word of life.
- 1 John 5:13I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life.
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