¹ tn Grk “came for a testimony.”

⁴ tn Heb “the tent of testimony.”

¹ tn Grk “the testimony of our Lord.”

⁵ tn Grk “the testimony of Jesus,” which may involve a subjective genitive (“Jesus’ testimony”) or, more likely, an objective genitive (“testimony about Jesus”).

² tn Grk “because our testimony to you was believed.”

¹ tn Grk “This will turn out to you for [a] testimony.”

¹ tn Grk “Some standing up gave false testimony against him, saying.”

⁴ tn Heb “his testimonies” (see Ps 25:10).

² tn The Hebrew text simply reads “the covenant” or “the testimony.”

¹ tn This ὅτι (hoti) almost certainly introduces a causal clause, giving the reason why the “testimony of God” is greater than the “testimony of men”: “because this is God’s testimony that he has testified concerning his Son.”

³ sn Compare the charge You testify about yourself; your testimony is not true! to Jesus’ own statement about his testimony in 5:31.

¹ tn Or “have a good reputation with”; Grk “have a good testimony from.”

² tn Heb “to the ones who keep his covenant and his testimonies.”

³ tn Heb “the legal witness”; KJV “a testimony”; ASV, NASB “the manner (form NAB) of attestation.”

¹ tn The LXX has mistakenly rendered this name “the tent of the testimony.”

¹ sn You are witnesses. This becomes a key concept of testimony in Acts. See Acts 1:8.

² sn When the baby leaped John gave his first testimony about Jesus, a fulfillment of 1:15.

¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the false testimony.

² tn Heb “those who swear [oaths] falsely.” Cf. NIV “perjurers”; TEV “those who give false testimony”; NLT “liars.”

¹ sn Who prophesy from their imagination. Note the testimony of Moses in Num 16:28, which contains a similar expression.