For an Informed Love of God
Bill Mounce
μαρτυρία
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Gloss:
testimony, evidence; (good) reputation
Definition:
judicial evidence, Mk. 14:55, 56, 59; Lk. 22:71; testimony in general, Tit. 1:13; 1 Jn. 5:9 testimony, declaration in a matter of fact or doctrine, Jn. 1:19; 3:11; Acts 22:18; attestation to character, Jn. 5:34, 36; reputation, 1 Tim. 3:7
Greek-English Concordance for μαρτυρία
Mark 14:55 | Now the ruling priests and the entire council were seeking testimony (martyrian | μαρτυρίαν | acc sg fem) against Jesus to put him to death, but they were not finding any. |
Mark 14:56 | For many were giving false testimony against him, but their testimonies (martyriai | μαρτυρίαι | nom pl fem) were not in agreement. |
Mark 14:59 | Yet not even about this was their testimony (martyria | μαρτυρία | nom sg fem) in agreement. |
Luke 22:71 | Then they said, “What further need do we have of a witness (martyrias | μαρτυρίας | gen sg fem)? we have heard it ourselves from his own lips.” |
John 1:7 | He came as a witness (martyrian | μαρτυρίαν | acc sg fem) to bear testimony about the light so that everyone might believe through him. |
John 1:19 | And this is the testimony (martyria | μαρτυρία | nom sg fem) of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?” |
John 3:11 | “I tell you the solemn truth, we speak about what we know and testify about what we have seen, but you people do not accept our testimony (martyrian | μαρτυρίαν | acc sg fem). |
John 3:32 | He bears witness to what he has seen and heard, yet no one accepts his testimony (martyrian | μαρτυρίαν | acc sg fem). |
John 3:33 | The one who has accepted his testimony (martyrian | μαρτυρίαν | acc sg fem) has thereby acknowledged that God is truthful. |
John 5:31 | “If I bear witness about myself, my testimony (martyria | μαρτυρία | nom sg fem) is not deemed true. |
John 5:32 | There is another who bears witness about me, and I know that the witness (martyria | μαρτυρία | nom sg fem) that he bears about me is true. |
John 5:34 | (Not that I accept such human testimony (martyrian | μαρτυρίαν | acc sg fem), but I say these things so that you may be saved.) |
John 5:36 | But I have a witness (martyrian | μαρτυρίαν | acc sg fem) greater than that of John; for the works that the Father has given me to complete, the very works that I am doing, bear witness about me that the Father has sent me. |
John 8:13 | Therefore the Pharisees said to him, “You are bearing witness about yourself; your testimony (martyria | μαρτυρία | nom sg fem) is not valid.” |
John 8:14 | Jesus answered them, saying, “Even if I am bearing witness about myself, my testimony (martyria | μαρτυρία | nom sg fem) is valid, because I know where I came from and where I am going. You, on the other hand, do not know where I come from or where I am going. |
John 8:17 | In your own law it is written that the testimony (martyria | μαρτυρία | nom sg fem) of two men is conclusive. |
John 19:35 | (The man who saw this has borne witness to it so that you too may believe. His witness (martyria | μαρτυρία | nom sg fem) is true, and he knows that he is telling the truth.) |
John 21:24 | This is the disciple who is bearing witness about these things and who wrote these things, and we know that his witness (martyria | μαρτυρία | nom sg fem) is true. |
Acts 22:18 | and I saw him saying to me, ‘Make haste and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony (martyrian | μαρτυρίαν | acc sg fem) about me.’ |
1 Timothy 3:7 | And it is also necessary for an overseer to have a good reputation (martyrian | μαρτυρίαν | acc sg fem) with those outside, lest he fall into reproach, which is the snare of the devil. |
Titus 1:13 | This testimony (martyria | μαρτυρία | nom sg fem) is true, for which reason rebuke them sharply, so that they may be healthy in the faith, |
1 John 5:9 | If we receive the testimony (martyrian | μαρτυρίαν | acc sg fem) of men, the testimony (martyria | μαρτυρία | nom sg fem) of God is greater, because this is the testimony (martyria | μαρτυρία | nom sg fem) of God that he has borne concerning his Son. |
1 John 5:10 | The one who believes in the Son of God has the testimony (martyrian | μαρτυρίαν | acc sg fem) in himself; the one who does not believe God has made him out to be a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony (martyrian | μαρτυρίαν | acc sg fem) that God has borne concerning his Son. |
1 John 5:11 | And this is the testimony: (martyria | μαρτυρία | nom sg fem) God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. |
3 John 1:12 | Everyone has testified favorably regarding Demetrius, and so has the truth itself. And we testify for him as well, and you know that our testimony (martyria | μαρτυρία | nom sg fem) is true. |
Revelation 1:2 | who bore witness to everything he saw, the word of God and the testimony (martyrian | μαρτυρίαν | acc sg fem) of Jesus Christ. |
Revelation 1:9 | I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and kingdom and patient endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos on account of the word of God and the testimony (martyrian | μαρτυρίαν | acc sg fem) of Jesus. |
Revelation 6:9 | And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the witness (martyrian | μαρτυρίαν | acc sg fem) they had borne. |
Revelation 11:7 | When they have finished their testimony (martyrian | μαρτυρίαν | acc sg fem), the beast that comes up from the abyss will make war on them and conquer them and kill them, |
Revelation 12:11 | They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony (martyrias | μαρτυρίας | gen sg fem), and they did not love their lives even to death. |
Revelation 12:17 | So the dragon became furious with the woman and went off to make war against the rest of her children, those who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony (martyrian | μαρτυρίαν | acc sg fem) of Jesus. |
Revelation 19:10 | Then I fell down at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, “Do not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who hold to the testimony (martyrian | μαρτυρίαν | acc sg fem) about Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony (martyria | μαρτυρία | nom sg fem) about Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.” |
Revelation 20:4 | And I saw thrones, and seated on them were those who had been given the authority to judge. I also saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony (martyrian | μαρτυρίαν | acc sg fem) of Jesus and for the word of God. These had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. |