25A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.
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A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.
Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. …
Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; …
But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee; …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 25)See here, 1. How much praise is due to a faithful witness: He delivers the souls of the innocent, who are falsely accused, and their good names, which are as dear to them as their lives. A man of integrity will venture the displeasure of the greatest, to bring truth to light and rescue those who are injured by falsehood. A faithful minister, who truly witnesses for God against sin, is thereby inst…
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