💫WEB · John 8:17
What does John 8:17 mean?
"It’s also written in your law that the testimony of two people is valid."
— John 8:17 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
Jesus answered them, “Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, for I know where I came from, and where I am going; but you don’t know where I came from, or where I am going.
You judge according to the flesh. I judge no one.
Even if I do judge, my judgment is true, for I am not alone, but I am with the Father who sent me.
It’s also written in your law that the testimony of two people is valid.
I am one who testifies about myself, and the Father who sent me testifies about me.”
They said therefore to him, “Where is your Father?” Jesus answered, “You know neither me, nor my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father also.”
Jesus spoke these words in the treasury, as he taught in the temple. Yet no one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come.
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