Jesus the Faithful Witness




ος εμαρτυρησεν τον λογον του θεου και την μαρτυριαν ιησου χριστου οσα τε ειδεν

os emarturhsen ton logon tou qeou kai thn marturian ihsou cristou osa eiden

Rev 1.2 who testified of the Word of God and the witness of Jesus Christ, even as many things as he saw.





και απο ιησου χριστου ο μαρτυς ο πιστος ο πρωτοτοκος εκ των νεκρων και ο αρχων των βασιλεων της γης τω αγαπησαντι ημας και λουσαντι ημας απο των αμαρτιων ημων εν τω αιματι αυτου

kai apo ihsou cristou o martus o pistos o prwtotokos twn nekrwn kai o arcwn twn basilewn ths ghs tw agapwnti hmas kai lusanti hmas ek twn amartiwn | [hmwn] | hmwn | en tw aimati autou

Rev 1.5 even from Jesus Christ the Faithful Witness, the First-born out of the dead, and the Ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him loving us and washing us from our sins by His blood,





εγω ιωαννης ο και αδελφος υμων και συγκοινωνος εν τη θλιψει και εν τη βασιλεια και υπομονη ιησου χριστου εγενομην εν τη νησω τη καλουμενη πατμω δια τον λογον του θεου και δια την μαρτυριαν ιησου χριστου

egw iwannhs o adelfos umwn kai sugkoinwnos en th qliyei kai basileia kai upomonh en ihsou egenomhn en th nhsw th kaloumenh patmw dia ton logon tou qeou kai thn marturian ihsou

Rev 1.9 I, even your brother John, and companion in the affliction, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, came to be in the island being called Patmos because of the Word of God, and because of the witness of Jesus Christ.





και τω αγγελω της εκκλησιας λαοδικεων γραψον ταδε λεγει ο αμην ο μαρτυς ο πιστος και αληθινος η αρχη της κτισεως του θεου

kai tw aggelw ths en laodikeia ekklhsias grayon tade legei o amhn o martus o pistos kai | [o] | | alhqinos h arch ths ktisews tou qeou

Rev 3.14 And to the angel of the assembly of Laodicea, write: These things says the Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Head of the creation of God:



Compare to 100.7…



وَإِنَّهُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ لَشَهِيدٌ

Wa-innahu AAala dhalika lashaheedun

100.7 And certainly Him for the sake of this witness.




هُ = “hu”

“hu” definition:

An indeclinable affixed personal or possessive pronoun of third person singular masculine; when affixed to a verb or preposition as a person pronoun, it means him or it; and when to a noun as a possessive, his or it. Singular personal or possessive pronoun. Him. Verbal suffix which expresses the accusative.

References:
A Grammar of the Arabic Language, W. Wright, Third edition, volume 1, p. 100
A Dictionary and Glossary of the Koran, John Penrice, p. 152


وَإِنَّهُ = “wa” + “inna” + “hu” = “wa-innahu” = and certainly Him






عَلَى = “ala”

“ala” definition:

Preposition. On, upon, at, under, against, provided, so that, in respect, before, according to, for the sake of, to, above, in spite of, near.

References:
An Arabic-English Lexicon, E.W. Lane, volume five, pp. 2142 - 2148
The Dictionary of the Holy Qur’an, 1st edition, Abdul Mannan Omar p. 387




ذَلِكَ = “dhalika”

“dhalika” definition”

Masculine demonstrative pronoun. That; these; this. It comes from the root “dhanika”, which means those two.

References:
The Dictionary of the Holy Qur’an, 1st edition, Abdul Mannan Omar pp. 194 - 195
A Dictionary and Glossary of the Koran, John Penrice, p. 54






َشَهِيدٌ = “shaheedun”

“shaheedun” definition:

Masculine singular. Present, one who possesses much knowledge with respect to external things, witness, who gives ear, heedful. One who tells, or gives information of, what he has witnessed, or seen or beheld with his eye; one who declares what he knows; a witness, as meaning one who gives testimony, or evidence, who bears witness; one who gives decisive information. Knowing and witnessing, or seeing and beholding with his eye; a witness, as meaning an eye witness. Present; a witness as meaning one personally present. A star (applicable when present); as being present and apparent in the night. A quick or expeditious thing or affair. It comes from the root “shahida”, which means he told, or gave information of, what he had witnessed, or seen or beheld with his eye; he declared what he knew: he gave testimony, attestation, or evidence; he bore witness: he gave decisive information; to be present with, bear witness that, bear testimony to a fact.

لَشَهِيدٌ = “la” + “shaheedun” = “lashaheedun” = witness

References:
An Arabic-English Lexicon, E.W. Lane, volume four, pp. 1609 - 1611
The Dictionary of the Holy Qur’an, 1st edition, Abdul Mannan Omar, pp. 299 - 300


Occurrences of “lashaheedun” in the Koran: 1
Location: 100.7

Occurrences of “shaheedun” in the Koran: 12
Locations: 2.282, 3.98, 5.117, 6.19, 10.46, 22.17, 34.47, 41.47, 41.53, 50.37, 58.6, 85.9


Observe that in the overwhelming majority of cases, “shaheedun”, as used in the Koran, applies to Jesus, allah, and Lord…

• 3.98…..allah is witness
• 5.117…Jesus is witness
• 6.19…..allah is witness
• 10.46…allah is witness
• 22.17…allah is witness
• 34.47…allah is witness
• 41.47…Lord is witness
• 41.53…Lord is witness
• 58.6….allah is witness
• 85.9….allah is witness





Summary of 100.7:

• John informs us that Jesus is the Faithful and True Witness, three separate times in the opening chapter of Revelation
• Jesus is called a Witness once by the word “martus”, and twice by the word “marturia”
• Jesus confirms this as truth by making the same statement about Himself
• 100.7 is a continuation of 100.6, via the copulative conjunction “wa”, (and)
• 100.6 established the precedence that mankind must repent to his Lord
• 100.7 continues upon what was previously stated and informs us of an attribute of the Lord that must be repented to
• “Inna”, being a corroborative particle, supports with authority the predicate, or that He is a “shaheedun”, or witness
• “He” being the Lord as established in 100.6
• The Lord is a Witness
• To further confirm this, a survey of all the usages of “shaheedun” in the Koran overwhelmingly confirms that this term is applied to Deity
• Interestingly, the authors of the Koran apply this term in the following manner…
1. To Jesus
2. To Lord
3. To allah
• By applying this same term freely to all three of these, the authors of the Koran are confirming that Jesus is indeed Deity.
• Jesus is God
• Jesus is the Lord that mankind repents to as described in 100.6
• Further, by affixing “allah” to this same term, the authors of the Koran have once again attempted to cloak their god with Deity previously ascribed unto Jesus in Revelation
• Additionally, it should be noted that “shaheedun” also bears the meaning “a star (applicable when present); as being present and apparent in the night”, further signifying that Jesus is being referenced