Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
Truly, truly I say to you, we speak what we know, and we testify [about] what we have seen, and you do not accept our testimony!
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
Truly, I tell you emphatically, we know what we're talking about, and we testify about what we've seen. Yet you people do not accept our testimony.
A Conservative Version
Truly, truly, I say to thee, we speak that which we know, and testify of what we have seen, and ye do not accept our testimony.
American Standard Version
Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that which we know, and bear witness of that which we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
Truly, truly, I tell you, we [i.e., Jesus and His disciples] speak about what we know, and testify about what we have seen, but you do not accept our testimony.
Anderson New Testament
Verily, verily, I say to you, we speak that which we know, and testify to that which we have seen; and you receive not our testimony.
Bible in Basic English
Truly, I say to you, We say that of which we have knowledge; we give witness of what we have seen; and you do not take our witness to be true.
Common New Testament
Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak of what we know, and testify to what we have seen; but you do not receive our testimony.
Daniel Mace New Testament
I declare unto thee, we speak what we know, and testify what we have seen; but you do not receive our testimony.
Darby Translation
Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that which we know, and we bear witness of that which we have seen, and ye receive not our witness.
Godbey New Testament
Truly, truly, I say unto thee, that we speak what we know, and testify what we have seen; and you received not our testimony.
Goodspeed New Testament
I tell you, we know what we are talking about and we have seen the things we testify to, yet you all reject our testimony.
John Wesley New Testament
Verily, verily I say to thee, we speak what we know, and testify what we have seen; yet ye receive not our testimony.
Julia Smith Translation
Truly, truly, I say to thee, that what we know, we speak, and what we have seen we testify; and ye receive not our testimony.
King James 2000
Verily, verily, I say unto you, We speak what we do know, and testify what we have seen; and you receive not our witness.
Modern King James verseion
Truly, truly, I say to you, We speak what we know and testify what we have seen. And you do not receive our witness.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Verily, verily I say unto thee, we speak that we know, and testify that we have seen: And ye receive not our witness.
Moffatt New Testament
Truly, truly I tell you, we are speaking of what we do understand, we testify to what we have actually seen ??and yet you refuse our testimony.
Montgomery New Testament
"Most solemnly I tell you we are speaking of what we know, and it is about that of which we were eyewitnesses that we give testimony. Yet all of you reject our testimony.
NET Bible
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.
New Heart English Bible
Truly, truly, I tell you, we speak that which we know, and testify of that which we have seen, and you do not receive our witness.
Noyes New Testament
Truly, truly do I say to thee, We speak that which we know, and testify that which we have seen; and ye receive not our testimony.
Sawyer New Testament
I tell you most truly, that we speak what we know, and what we have seen we testify; and you receive not our testimony.
The Emphasized Bible
Verily, verily, I say unto thee: What we know, we speak, and, of what we have seen, we bear witness, and, our witness, ye receive not.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Verily, verity, I tell thee, That what we know we speak, and what we have seen we affirm; and ye receive not our testimony.
Twentieth Century New Testament
In truth I tell you that we speak of what we know, and state what we have seen; and yet you do not accept our statements.
Webster
Verily, verily, I say to thee, We speak what we know, and testify what we have seen; and ye receive not our testimony.
Weymouth New Testament
In most solemn truth I tell you that we speak what we know, and give testimony of that of which we were eye-witnesses, and yet you all reject our testimony.
Williams New Testament
I most solemnly say to you, we know what we are talking about and we have seen what we are testifying to, yet you are all rejecting our testimony.
World English Bible
Most certainly I tell you, we speak that which we know, and testify of that which we have seen, and you don't receive our witness.
Worrell New Testament
Verily, verily, I say to you, We speak that which We know, and testify to that which We have seen; and ye receive not Our testimony.
Worsley New Testament
I assure thee, that we speak what we know, and testify what we have seen; though ye receive not our testimony.
Youngs Literal Translation
Verily, verily, I say to thee -- What we have known we speak, and what we have seen we testify, and our testimony ye do not receive;
Themes
Christ » Witness, a » To the truth
Jesus Christ » History of » Nicodemus comes to jesus (in jerusalem)
Knowledge » Prepares men for the duties of life » Christ's message grounded in experience
Topics
Interlinear
Hos
ὅς ἥ ὅ
Hos
which, whom, that, who, whose, what, that which, whereof,
Usage: 980
and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0
Martureo
Word Count of 37 Translations in John 3:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Meeting With Nicodemus
10 Jesus answered and said to him, "Are you the teacher of Israel, and you do not understand these [things]? 11 Truly, truly I say to you, we speak what we know, and we testify [about] what we have seen, and you do not accept our testimony! 12 If I tell you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?
Cross References
John 1:18
No one has seen God at any time; the one and only, God, the one who is in the bosom of the Father--that one has made [him] known.
John 7:16
So Jesus answered them and said, "My teaching is not mine, but [is] from the one who sent me.
John 5:43
I have come in my Father's name, and you do not accept me. If another should come in his own name, you would accept that one!
John 12:49
For I have not spoken from myself, but the Father himself who sent me {has commanded me} what I should say and what I should speak.
John 14:24
The one who does not love me does not keep my words, and the word that you hear is not mine, but the Father's who sent me.
Isaiah 50:2
Why was there no man when I came, no one who answered when I called? {Do I lack the strength to save}? Or [is there] no power in me to deliver? Look! by my rebuke I dry up [the] sea; I {make} [the] rivers a desert; their fish stink because there is no water, and they die because of thirst.
Isaiah 53:1
Who has believed our message, and to whom has the arm of Yahweh been revealed?
Isaiah 55:4
Look! I made him a witness to [the] peoples, a leader and a commander [for the] peoples.
Isaiah 65:2
I spread out my hands all day to a stubborn people, those who walk after their thoughts [in] the way [that is] not good,
Matthew 11:27
All [things] have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and {anyone to whom} the Son wants to reveal [him].
Matthew 23:37
"Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How many times I wanted to gather your children together {the way} a hen gathers her young together under [her] wings, and you were not willing!
Luke 10:22
All [things] have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is except the Father and who the Father is except the Son, and [anyone] to whom the Son wants to reveal [him]."
John 1:11
He came to his own [things], and his own [people] did not receive him.
John 3:3
Jesus answered and said to him, "Truly, truly I say to you, unless someone is born from above, he is not able to see the kingdom of God."
John 3:5
Jesus answered, "Truly, truly I say to you, unless someone is born of water and spirit, he is not able to enter into the kingdom of God.
John 3:13
And no one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven--the Son of Man.
John 3:32-34
What he has seen and heard, this he testifies, and no one accepts his testimony.
John 5:31-40
"If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true.
John 8:14
Jesus answered and said to them, "Even if I testify concerning myself, my testimony is true, because I know where I have come from and where I am going. But you do not know where I have come from or where I am going.
John 8:28-29
Then Jesus said, "When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will recognize that I am [he], and I do nothing from myself, but just as the Father taught me, I say these [things].
John 8:38
I speak [the things] that I have seen with the Father; so also you do [the things] that you have heard from the Father."
John 12:37-38
But as many signs [as] he had performed before them, they did not believe in him,
Acts 22:18
and saw him saying to me, 'Hurry and depart {quickly} from Jerusalem, because they will not accept your testimony about me.'
Acts 28:23-27
And [when they] had set a day with him, many more came to him at his lodging place, to whom he was explaining from early in the morning until evening, testifying about the kingdom of God and attempting to convince them about Jesus from both the law of Moses and the prophets.
2 Corinthians 4:4
among whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, so that they would not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
1 John 1:1-3
What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and our hands have touched, concerning the word of life--
1 John 5:6-12
This is the one who came by water and blood--Jesus Christ, not with the water only, but with the water and with the blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.
Revelation 1:5
and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To the one who loves us and released us from our sins by his blood
Revelation 3:14
"And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: "This is what the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the originator of God's creation, says: