μαρτυρία, -as, 7, (μαρτυρέω, q. ν.), (fr. Hom.down]; 1. a testifying: the office committed to the prophets of testifying concerning future events, Rev. xi. 7. 2. what one testifies, testimony: univ. Jn. v. 34; in a legal sense, of testimony before a judge: Lk. xxii. 71; Mk. xiv. 56; w. gen. of the subj., Mk. xiv. 59; Jn. viii. 17; 1 Jn. v. 9; κατά twos, against one, Mk. xiv. 55; in an historical sense, of the testimony of an historian: Jn. xix. 35; xxi. 24; in an ethical sense, of testimony concerning one’s character: 3 Jn. 12; 1 Tim. iii. 7; Tit. i 13; in a predominantly dogmatic sense respecting matters relating to the truth of Christianity: of the testimony establishing the Messiahship and the divinity of Jesus (see paprupéw, a.), given by —John the Bap. tist: Jn. i. 7; v. 325 ἡ μαρτ. τοῦ Ἰωάννου, i. 19; Jesus himself, w. a gen. of the subj., Jn. v. 31; viii. 13 sq. ; God, in the prophecies of Scripture concerning Jesus the Messiah, in the endowments conferred upon him, in the works done by him, Jn. v. 36; through the Holy Spirit, in the Christian’s blessed consciousness of eternal life and of reconciliation with God, obtained by baptism [(cf. reff. s. v. βάπτισμα, 3)] and the expiatory death of Christ, w. a subject. gen. τοῦ θεοῦ, 1 Jn. v. 9-11, ef. 6-8; the apostles, cod τὴν μαρτ. περὶ ἐμοῦ, Acts xxii. 18 [W. 137 (130)]; the other followers of Christ: Rev. vi. 9; w.a gen. of the subj. αὐτῶν, Rev. xii. 11; w.a gen. of the obj. Ἰησοῦ, ib. 17; xix. 10; xx. 4 (ἔχειν this μαρτ. is to hold the testimony, to persevere steadfastly in bearing it, Rev. vi. 9; xii. 17; xix. 10, [see ἔχω, I. 1 d.]; others, however, explain it to have the duty of testifying laid upon one’s self); elsewhere the “testimony” of Christ is that which he gives concerning divine things, of which he alone has thorough knowledge, Jn. iii. 11, 32 sq-; 7 μαρτ. Ἰησοῦ, that testimony which he gave concerning future events relating to the consummation of the kingdom of God, Rev. i. 2 (cf. xxii. 16, 20); διὰ τὴν μ- Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, to receive this testimony, ib. 9.

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judicial evidence, Mk. 14:55, 56, 59; Lk. 22:71; testimony in general, Tit. 1:13; 1 Jn. 5:9 testimony, declaration in a matter of fact or doctrine, Jn. 1:19; 3:11; Acts 22:18; attestation to character, Jn. 5:34, 36; reputation, 1 Tim. 3:7

μαρτυρία, -ας, ἡ

(< μαρτυρέω), [in LXX: Ge 31:47 R (שָׂהֲדוּתָא), Ex 20:16, De 5:20 (17), Pr 25:18, Ps 18 (19):7 (עֵד, עֵדוּת), Pr 12:19, Si 34 (31):23, 24, IV Mac 6:32*;]

witness, testimony, evidence: Mk 14:56, Lk 22:71, Jo 5:34 19:35 21:24, I Ti 3:7, Tit 1:13, III Jo 12, Re 11:7; c. gen. subj., Mk 14:9, Jo 8:17(LXX aliter), I Jo 5:9; seq. κατά, c. gen. pers., Mk 14:55; esp. of witness concerning Christ and divine things, Jo 1:7 3:11, 32, 33 5:32, 36, Re 6:9; c. gen. subj., Jo 1:19 5:31 8:13, 14, Ac 22:18, I Jn 5:9-11, Re 12:11; c. gen. obj., Re 1:2, 9 12:17 19:10 20:4; μ. ἔχειν, Re 6:9 12:17 19:10.†

μαρτυρια | ποιήσῃς, πρὸς τὸ ἐπανελθόντα αὐτὸν μαρτυρῆσαί μοι, ΕῚ write to you that you may assist Apis, and may show him hospitality, so that on his return he may bear witness of it to me” (Ed.), similarly 74. 10689 (iii/a.p.), 25. XII. 142477 (ς. A.D. 318) GAN ἵνα μοι μαρτυρήσῃ τὰ ὑπὸ τῆς ἀγαθῆς σου προαιρέσεως αὐτῷ ὑπαρχθέντα, ‘but let him testify to the benefits gained by your good will’”’ (Edd.) (for the construction cf. Mk 528, Eph 5%3, a@/.), and the early Christian letter P Grenf IT. 7316 (late iii/a.p.) (= Selections, p. 118) ὅταν ἔλθῃ σὺν Θεῷ, μαρτυρήσι σοι περὶ dv αὐτὴν πεποιήκασιν, ‘‘ when he arrives by the help of God, he will bear you witness of what they have done to her.’’ Another Christian example is P Oxy VIII. 116414 (vi/vii a.p.) where a minor local magnate writes to a comes—paprupet μοι yap ὁ θεὸς ὅτι σπουδάζω ἐν ἅπασιν τὰ κελευόμενά μοι παρ᾽ ὑμῶν ἀποπληρῶσαι, ‘God is my witness that I am anxious in everything to perform your orders” (Ed.). For μαρτυρέω, ‘give a good report,” as in Lk 4%, cf. P Oxy VI. 930156 (ii/iii A.D.), where a mother writes to her son how widely it was spread, see Swete Mark p. ix ἢ, and | that she had received a good report of his παιδαγωγός from his former teacher—épaptuper δὲ πολλὰ περὶ τοῦ παιδαγωγοῦ σου: cf. Sy// 197 (= 3374)37 (c. B.c. 287-6) πολλάκις μεμαρτύρηκεν αὐτῶν ὁ βασιλεύς. The corresponding use of the pass. with reference to ‘‘the good name” witnessed of a man, as in Ac 63, 102, 1 Tim 510, Heb 11?, may be illustrated from BGU IV. 11415 (B.c. 14) ccld ὡς καὶ μαρτυρηθήσεταί σοι ὑπὸ τῶν φίλων, 20. 1155 | (B.C. 10) (= Οὐγεσδ, Il. p. 75) πιττακίου μεμαρτυρημένονυ δὲ δι᾿ ὧν ἀνήνενκεν ὁ ΤΤρώταρχος συνχωρήσεων, and from the inscrr. Sy/7 366 (= %799)*8 (c. Α.Ὁ. 38) ἀρχιτέκτονας μαρτυρηθέντας ὑπὸ τῆς σεμνοτάτης Τρυφαίνίης, and Latyschev I. 2138. (Olbia—ii/a.p.), where it is said of a certain Carzoazus—a@AAG καὶ (μέχρι) περάτων γῆς ἐμαρτυρήθη τοὺς ὑπὲρ φιλίας κινδύνους μέχρι Σεβαστῶν συμμαχίᾳ παραβολευσάμενος, ‘but also to the ends of the world it was witnessed of nim that in the interests of friendship he had exposed himself to dangers as an advocate in (legal) strife (by taking his clients’ causes even) up to emperors’’ (Deissmann ZA p. 84 n.5): see also the temple inscr. from Abydos Pretsigke 1070 δι ὅλης οἰκουHEv(NS) μαρτυρούμενον οὐράνιον θεὸν [Βησᾶν ἐ]δείσα[μεν, and further exx. in Deissmann BS, p. 265, CR i. p. 46. MGr μαρτυρῶ, ‘‘acknowledge,’’ “ confess” ; ‘‘ inform.” μαρτυρῶ, >

μαρτυρία (marturia) — testimony. μαρτῠρ-ία, ἡ, testimony, Διονύσου μαρτυρίῃσι [Refs 8th c.BC+] his evidence, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μαρτυριῶν ἀπέχεσθαι to refuse to give evidence, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; γράφειν μ. τινί serve him with a subpoena, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: in non-legal sense, commendation, πάσης μ. ἐπιτήδειον (in sense of ἄξιον) [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: in plural, demonstrations of favour, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]

II. Astrology texts, aspect, Vett. Val.5.5, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]