en_tn/jhn/19/35.md

# The one who saw this

This sentence gives background information to the story. John is telling readers that he was there and that we can trust what he has written. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-background]])

# has testified, and his testimony is true

To "testify" means to tell about something that one has seen. Alternate translation: "has told the truth about what he has seen" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])

# so that you would also believe

Here "believe" means to put one's trust in Jesus. Alternate translation: "so that you will also put your trust in Jesus" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00			`# The one who saw this`

Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`This sentence gives background information to the story. John is telling readers that he was there and that we can trust what he has written. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-background]])`
Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
			`# has testified, and his testimony is true`

Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`To "testify" means to tell about something that one has seen. Alternate translation: "has told the truth about what he has seen" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])`
Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
			`# so that you would also believe`

Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`Here "believe" means to put one's trust in Jesus. Alternate translation: "so that you will also put your trust in Jesus" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])`
Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00