Jonathan95
Puritan Board Sophomore
Can someone help explain to me the significance of Paul's words in 2 Corinthians 13:1?
"This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established."
From Matthew Poole:
He alludes to the law of God, Deuteronomy 19:15, concerning witnesses in any case. God ordered, that the testimony of two or three persons should determine all questions in their law; and that should be taken for certain and established, which such a number of persons asserted. The apostle would from hence have them conclude, that he would certainly come, because this was the third time that he had resolved upon it, and was preparing for it.
I'm unsure why the law in Deuteronomy is able to be applied to Paul here. Doesn't it have to be three seperate witnesses and not the same person saying/doing something three times?
"This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established."
From Matthew Poole:
He alludes to the law of God, Deuteronomy 19:15, concerning witnesses in any case. God ordered, that the testimony of two or three persons should determine all questions in their law; and that should be taken for certain and established, which such a number of persons asserted. The apostle would from hence have them conclude, that he would certainly come, because this was the third time that he had resolved upon it, and was preparing for it.
I'm unsure why the law in Deuteronomy is able to be applied to Paul here. Doesn't it have to be three seperate witnesses and not the same person saying/doing something three times?