John 19:35
Modern Translations
New International Version
The man who saw it has given testimony, and his testimony is true. He knows that he tells the truth, and he testifies so that you also may believe.

New Living Translation
(This report is from an eyewitness giving an accurate account. He speaks the truth so that you also may continue to believe.)

English Standard Version
He who saw it has borne witness—his testimony is true, and he knows that he is telling the truth—that you also may believe.

Berean Study Bible
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.

New American Standard Bible
And he who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true; and he knows that he is telling the truth, so that you also may believe.

NASB 1995
And he who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true; and he knows that he is telling the truth, so that you also may believe.

NASB 1977
And he who has seen has borne witness, and his witness is true; and he knows that he is telling the truth, so that you also may believe.

Amplified Bible
And he (John, the eyewitness) who has seen it has testified, and his testimony is true; and he knows that he is telling the truth, so that you also [who read this] may believe.

Christian Standard Bible
He who saw this has testified so that you also may believe. His testimony is true, and he knows he is telling the truth.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He who saw this has testified so that you also may believe. His testimony is true, and he knows he is telling the truth.

Contemporary English Version
We know this is true, because it was told by someone who saw it happen. Now you can have faith too.

Good News Translation
The one who saw this happen has spoken of it, so that you also may believe. What he said is true, and he knows that he speaks the truth.)

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The one who saw this is an eyewitness. What he says is true, and he knows that he is telling the truth so that you, too, will believe.

International Standard Version
The one who saw this has testified, and his testimony is true. He knows he is telling the truth so that you, too, may believe,

NET Bible
And the person who saw it has testified (and his testimony is true, and he knows that he is telling the truth), so that you also may believe.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.

New King James Version
And he who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true; and he knows that he is telling the truth, so that you may believe.

King James 2000 Bible
And he that saw it bares record, and his record is true: and he knows that he says the truth, that you might believe.

New Heart English Bible
He who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true. He knows that he tells the truth, that you may believe.

World English Bible
He who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true. He knows that he tells the truth, that you may believe.

American King James Version
And he that saw it bore record, and his record is true: and he knows that he said true, that you might believe.

American Standard Version
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.

A Faithful Version
And he who saw this has testified, and his testimony is true; and he knows that what he says is true, so that you may believe.

Darby Bible Translation
And he who saw it bears witness, and his witness is true, and he knows that he says true that ye also may believe.

English Revised Version
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.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he that saw it, testified, and his testimony is true: and he knoweth that he speaketh truth, that ye may believe.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And he that sawe it, bare recorde, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might beleeue it.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And he that sawe it, bare recorde, and his recorde is true: & he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might beleue also.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
And he that sawe it, bare recorde, and his recorde is true. And he knoweth that he sayeth true, that ye might beleue also.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
And he that sawe it bare recorde and his recorde is true. And he knoweth that he sayth true that ye myght beleve also.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and he who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true, and that one has known that he speaks true things, that you also may believe.

Berean Literal Bible
And the one having seen has borne witness, and his testimony is true. And He knows that he is speaking truth, so that you also might believe.

Young's Literal Translation
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.

Smith's Literal Translation
And he having seen has testified, and his testimony is true: and he knows that he says true, that ye might believe.

Literal Emphasis Translation
And the one having seen has borne witness, and his testimony is true, and he knows that he is speaking the truth, so that you might also believe.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he that saw it, hath given testimony, and his testimony is true. And he knoweth that he saith true; that you also may believe.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And he who saw this has offered testimony, and his testimony is true. And he knows that he speaks the truth, so that you also may believe.

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And he who saw testified and his testimony is true and he knows that he spoke the truth so that you also may believe.

Lamsa Bible
And he who saw it testified, and his testimony is true; and he knows well that what he said is true, that you also may believe.

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
And he that saw it has given testimony, and his testimony is true, and he knows that he speaks the truth, that you may believe;

Godbey New Testament
And He having seen hath testified, and his testimony is true: and he knows that he speaks the truth, that you also may believe.

Haweis New Testament
And he that saw it bore witness, and we know that his testimony is true: and he himself is conscious that he speaketh what is true, that ye might believe.

Mace New Testament
he that relates this, was an eye-witness of it, and his relation is true: and he is so assured, what he says is true, that you may rely upon it.

Weymouth New Testament
This statement is the testimony of an eye-witness, and it is true. He knows that he is telling the truth--in order that you also may believe.

Worrell New Testament
And he who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true; and he knows that he says what is true, that ye also may believe.

Worsley New Testament
And he that saw it testifieth it, and his testimony is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye may believe.
















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