Yeshua's Law
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  Here is a brief passage from the Gospel of John, in which some
  versions contain a translation error implying that Torah is not /his/
  Law (which, of course, it is).


Yohanan Chapter 8, verses 14 to 18 (John 8:14--18)
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        [Yeshua:] /Even if I give testimony of myself, my
        testimony is true/ [i.e.: valid], /because I know from
        where I come and where I am going./

  Yeshua is divine, the only Son of God the Almighty, so his testimony
  is necessarily valid.

        /But you/ [plural] /do not know from where I come or where
        I am going./

  You do not know who I am, that I am the only Son of God.

        /You/ [plural] /judge according to the flesh/ [human
        nature without the Holy Spirit]; /I am not judging
        anyone./

  That is, I am not judging anyone now.

        /And even if I do judge, my judgement is true/ [that is,
        valid], /because I am not alone, but I and the Father who
        has sent me./

  Even according to the provisions of the Law which apply to you (all),
  my judgement is valid, because there are two of us: the Father and I.

        /In the Law *FOR YOU*/ [that is, not "your law", but the
        provisions of the Torah which are incumbent upon you all]
        /it is written that the testimony of two persons is true/
        [that is, valid]: /it is I who bear/ /witness to myself,
        but also the Father, who has sent me, bears witness to
        me./

  N.B.: It is not the case that Yeshua speaks of */their/* Law, as if it
  is not also his! He wrote the Law for his people, and so the Torah is
  his!

  For further reference, see: /A Greek-English Lexicon of the New
  Testament and Other Early Christian Literature/, (BDAG), 3rd Edition,
  p. 1027, (a) belonging to or INCUMBENT UPON YOU, Lk 6:20; >> *J 8:17*