- At the testimony of two or three witnessesthe person must be executed. They cannot be put to death on the testimony of only one witness.
- A single witness may not testify against another person for any trespass or sin that he commits. A matter may be legally established only on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
- But if he does not listen, take one or twoothers with you, so that at the testimony of two or three witnesses every matter may be established.
- But they did not find anything, though many false witnesses came forward. Finally twocame forward
Paul’s Third Visit to Corinth
This is the third time I am coming to visit you. By the testimony of two or three witnesses every matter will be established.- Do not accept an accusation against an elder unless it can be confirmed by two or three witnesses.
- Someone who rejected the law of Moses was put to death without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
REV 11:1-14
Then a measuring rod like a staff was given to me, and I was told, “Get up and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and the ones who worship there. 2 But do not measure the outer courtyard of the temple; leave it out, because it has been given to the Gentiles, and they will trample on the holy cityfor forty-two months. 3 And I will grant my two witnesses authority to prophesy for 1,260 days, dressed in sackcloth.” 4 (These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.) 5 If anyone wants to harm them, fire comes out of their mouths and completely consumes their enemies. If anyone wants to harm them, they must be killed this way. 6 These two have the power to close up the sky so that it does not rain during the time they are prophesying. They have power to turn the waters to blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague whenever they want. 7 When they have completed their testimony, the beast that comes up from the abyss will make war on them and conquer them and kill them. 8 Theircorpses will lie in the street of the great city that is symbolically called Sodom and Egypt, where their Lord was also crucified. 9 For three and a half days those from every people, tribe, nation, and language will look at their corpses, because they will not permit them to be placed in a tomb. 10 And those who live on the earth will rejoice over them and celebrate, even sending gifts to each other, because these two prophets had tormented those who live on the earth. 11 But after three and a half days a breath of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet, and tremendous fear seized those who were watching them. 12 Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them: “Come up here!” So the two prophets went up to heaven in a cloud whiletheir enemies stared at them. 13 Just then a major earthquake took place and a tenth of the city collapsed; seven thousand peoplewere killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.
14 The second woe has come and gone; the third is coming quickly.
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