Deuteronomy 17:6-7

17:6 At the testimony of two or three witnesses they must be executed. They cannot be put to death on the testimony of only one witness. 17:7 The witnesses ¹  must be first to begin the execution, and then all the people ²  are to join in afterward. In this way you will purge evil from among you.

Deuteronomy 19:15

19:15 A single witness may not testify ³  against another person for any trespass or sin that he commits. A matter may be legally established ⁴  only on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

Matthew 18:16

18:16 But if he does not listen, take one or two others with you, so that at the testimony of two or three witnesses every matter may be established. ⁵ 

John 8:17-18

8:17 It is written in your law that the testimony of two men is true. ⁶  8:18 I testify about myself ⁷  and the Father who sent me testifies about me.”

John 8:2

8:2 Early in the morning he came to the temple courts again. All the people came to him, and he sat down and began to teach ⁸  them.

Colossians 1:1

Salutation

1:1 From Paul, ⁹  an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

Colossians 1:1

Salutation

1:1 From Paul, ¹⁰  an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

Colossians 1:19

1:19 For God ¹¹  was pleased to have all his ¹²  fullness dwell ¹³  in the Son ¹⁴ 

Hebrews 10:28

10:28 Someone who rejected the law of Moses was put to death ¹⁵  without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. ¹⁶ 

Revelation 11:3

11:3 And I will grant my two witnesses authority ¹⁷  to prophesy for 1,260 days, dressed in sackcloth.

[17:7]  ¹ tn Heb “the hand of the witnesses.” This means the two or three witnesses are to throw the first stones (cf. NCV, TEV, CEV, NLT).

[17:7]  ² tn Heb “the hand of all the people.”

[19:15]  ³ tn Heb “rise up” (likewise in v. 16).

[19:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “may stand.”

[18:16]  ⁵ sn A quotation from Deut 19:15.

[8:17]  ⁶ sn An allusion to Deut 17:6.

[8:18]  ⁷ tn Grk “I am the one who testifies about myself.”

[8:2]  ⁸ tn An ingressive sense for the imperfect fits well here following the aorist participle.

[1:1]  ⁹ tn Grk “Paul.” The word “from” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied to indicate the sender of the letter.

[1:1]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “Paul.” The word “from” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied to indicate the sender of the letter.

[1:19]  ¹¹ tn The noun “God” does not appear in the Greek text, but since God is the one who reconciles the world to himself (cf. 2 Cor 5:19), he is clearly the subject of εὐδόκησεν (eudokhsen).

[1:19]  ¹² tn The Greek article τό (to), insofar as it relates to God, may be translated as a possessive pronoun, i.e., “his.” BDAG 404 s.v. εὐδοκέω 1 translates the phrase as “all the fullness willed to dwell in him” thus leaving the referent as impersonal. Insofar as Paul is alluding to the so-called emanations from God this is acceptable. But the fact that “the fullness” dwells in a person (i.e., “in him”) seems to argue for the translation “his fullness” where “his” refers to God.

[1:19]  ¹³ tn The aorist verb κατοικῆσαι (katoikhsai) could be taken as an ingressive, in which case it refers to the incarnation and may be translated as “begin to dwell, to take up residence.” It is perhaps better, though, to take it as a constative aorist and simply a reference to the fact that the fullness of God dwells in Jesus Christ. This is a permanent dwelling, though, not a temporary one, as the present tense in 2:9 makes clear.

[1:19]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “him”; the referent (the Son; see v. 13) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[10:28]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “dies.”

[10:28]  ¹⁶ sn An allusion to Deut 17:6.

[11:3]  ¹⁷ tn The word “authority” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. “Power” would be another alternative that could be supplied here.