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WITNESSES, FALSE

WITNESSES, FALSE (1) Warnings against Exo 20:16; Exo 23:1; Deu 19:16; Pro 6:19; Pro 12:17; Pro 19:9; Pro 24:28; Pro 25:18 Mat 19:18; Rom 13:9 –SEE Slander, SPEECH (2) Examples of Mat 28:15; Mar 14:56; Act 6:11; Act 17:6; Act 25:7 –SEE Perjury, COURTS Falsehood, FALSEHOODLying, FALSEHOOD Fuente: Thompson Chain-Reference Bible

WITNESSES

Witnesses Two at least were required to establish any charge (Num 35:30; Deu 17:6; Deu 19:15; Heb 10:28). So in the Christian church (1Ti 5:19). Written evidence in the case of divorce, not as among the Bedouins and Mussulmen a mere spoken sentence (Deu 24:1; Deu 24:3). Also in civil contracts (Isa 8:16; Jer 32:10-16). … Continue reading “WITNESSES”

Witness, False

Witness, False The early civil and ecclesiastical laws were very severe in their denunciation and punishment of this crime. We learn from Aulus Gellius that the punishment of false witness among the old Romans, by the law of the twelve tables, was to cast the criminal headlong from the top of the Tarpeian rock. Afterwards, … Continue reading “Witness, False”

Witness

WITNESS One who testifies to any fact from his own personal knowledge. Under the Mosaic law, two witnesses under oath were necessary to convict a person charged with a capital crime, Num 35:30 ; and if the criminal was stoned, the witnesses were bound to cast the first stones, Deu 17:6-7 Mal 7:58 . The … Continue reading “Witness”

Withstand

Withstand “to hinder,” is rendered “withstand” in Act 11:17. See FORBID, HINDER. “to set against,” is translated “to withstand” in Act 13:8 (Middle Voice); in the intransitive 2nd aorist, Active Voice, Eph 6:13; 2Ti 3:8 (1st part; Middle Voice in 2nd part); 2Ti 4:15. See RESIST. Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words