for which see WITNESS, is frequently rendered “to bear witness, to witness,” in the RV, where AV renders it “to testify,” Joh 2:25<\/span>; Joh 3:11<\/span>, Joh 3:32<\/span>; Joh 5:39<\/span>; Joh 15:26<\/span>; Joh 21:24<\/span>; 1Co 15:15<\/span>; Heb 7:17<\/span>; Heb 11:4<\/span>; 1Jo 4:14<\/span>; 1Jo 5:9<\/span>; 3Jo 1:3<\/span>. In the following, however, the RV, like the AV, has the rendering “to testify,” Joh 4:39<\/span>, Joh 4:44<\/span>; Joh 7:7<\/span>; Joh 13:21<\/span>; Act 26:5<\/span>; Rev 22:16<\/span>, Rev 22:18<\/span>, Rev 22:20<\/span>. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n “to bear witness to” (a strengthened form of No. 1), is rendered “testifying” in 1Pe 5:12<\/span>. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n primarily, “to summon as witness,” then, “to bear witness” (sometimes with the suggestion of solemn protestation), is rendered “to testify” in Act 20:26<\/span>, RV (AV, “I take … to record”); Gal 5:3<\/span>; Eph 4:17<\/span>; 1Th 2:11<\/span>, in the best texts (some have No. 1), RV, “testifying” (AV, “charged”). <\/p>\n<\/p>\n “to testify or protest solemnly,” an intensive form of No. 3, is translated “to testify” in Luk 16:28<\/span>; Act 2:40<\/span>; Act 8:25<\/span>; Act 10:42<\/span>; Act 18:5<\/span>; Act 20:21<\/span>, Act 20:23-24<\/span>; Act 23:11<\/span>; Act 28:23<\/span>; 1Th 4:6<\/span>; Heb 2:6<\/span>; “to charge” in 1Ti 5:21<\/span>; 2Ti 2:14<\/span>; 2Ti 4:1<\/span>. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n “to testify beforehand,” occurs in 1Pe 1:11<\/span>, where the pronoun “it” should be “He” (the “it” being due to the grammatically neuter form of pneuma; the personality of the Holy Spirit requires the masculine pronoun). <\/p>\n Note: In Rev 22:18<\/span> some texts have summartureo, “to bear witness with.” See WITNESS. <\/p>\n Testify for which see WITNESS, is frequently rendered “to bear witness, to witness,” in the RV, where AV renders it “to testify,” Joh 2:25; Joh 3:11, Joh 3:32; Joh 5:39; Joh 15:26; Joh 21:24; 1Co 15:15; Heb 7:17; Heb 11:4; 1Jo 4:14; 1Jo 5:9; 3Jo 1:3. In the following, however, the RV, like the AV, … Continue reading “Testify”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-encyclopedic-dictionary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89095\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"