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  • It is (...), marturia (fem.), and not (...), marturion (neuter).

    Commentary on Revelation 1837-1913 1909

  • Evangelistis ceteris narrare videntur [malista eiper echoien antilogian te ton loipon euangeliston marturia.]

    The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark Vindicated Against Recent Critical Objectors and Established 1813-1888 1871

  • Zacharias ([Greek: sunexisousthai tê tou presbuterou Zacharious marturia]), for verily ([Greek: goun]) he had _walked in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless_. '

    A Reply to Dr. Lightfoot's Essays Walter R. Cassels 1866

  • The words [Greek: marturein, marturia], which were afterwards used especially of martyrdom, had in the earlier ages a wider sense, including other modes of witnessing to the faith: the expression

    A Reply to Dr. Lightfoot's Essays Walter R. Cassels 1866

  • It would be difficult indeed to show that the words [Greek: marturein, marturia], already used in that sense in the New Testament, were not, at the date at which any record of the martyrdom of Ignatius which Malalas could have had before him was written, employed to express martyrdom, when applied to such a case, as Dr. Lightfoot indeed has in the first instance rendered the phrase.

    A Reply to Dr. Lightfoot's Essays Walter R. Cassels 1866

  • Of Vettius Epagathus, one of the sufferers, we are told, that though young he 'rivalled the testimony borne to the elder Zacharias ([Greek: sunexisousthai tê tou presbuterou Zachariou marturia]), for verily

    Essays on the work entitled "Supernatural Religion" Joseph Barber Lightfoot 1858

  • [Greek: marturein, marturia], which were afterwards used especially of martyrdom, had in the earlier ages a wider sense, including other modes of witnessing to the faith: the expression [Greek: epi Traïanou] again is ambiguous and might denote either 'during the reign of Trajan,' or

    Essays on the work entitled "Supernatural Religion" Joseph Barber Lightfoot 1858

  • The meaning of the expression 'The testimony of Zacharias' ([Greek: tê tou Zachariou marturia]) has been questioned.

    Essays on the work entitled "Supernatural Religion" Joseph Barber Lightfoot 1858

  • At the beginning of the verse, the noun marturia is used of the overall message Jesus has for humanity, His "testimony" about God; in the second half of the verse, the verb form, martureo, is used in the sense of presenting evidence or proof, such as would be given in a court of law.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • At the beginning of the verse, the noun marturia is used of the overall message Jesus has for humanity, His "testimony" about God; in the second half of the verse, the verb form, martureo, is used in the sense of presenting evidence or proof, such as would be given in a court of law.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

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