And you also must testify, because you have been with Me from the beginning.
Parallel translations
- WEB You will also testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.
- KJV And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
- NKJV And you also will bear witness, because you have been with Me from the beginning.
- NASB and you are testifying as well, because you have been with Me from the beginning.
- NLT And you must also testify about me because you have been with me from the beginning of my ministry.
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Quick answer
The disciples will also testify about Jesus because they have been with Him from the beginning. Their eyewitness witness joins the Spirit's testimony.
Overview
Alongside the Spirit's testimony, the disciples are called to bear witness, qualified by having been with Jesus from the start of His ministry. Their firsthand experience grounds the apostolic proclamation that would spread the gospel. The partnership of the Spirit's witness and the apostles' eyewitness testimony assures the reliability of the Christian message.
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- 1 Jn 4:14And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent His Son to be the Savior of the world.
- Acts 10:39–42We are witnesses of all that He did, both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem. And although they put Him to death by hanging Him on a tree,
- John 21:24This is the disciple who testifies to these things and who has written them down. And we know that his testimony is true.
- Luke 24:48You are witnesses of these things.
- Luke 1:2–3just as they were handed down to us by the initial eyewitnesses and servants of the word.
- Acts 23:11The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, “Take courage! As you have testified about Me in Jerusalem, so also you must testify in Rome.”
- 1 Jn 1:1–2That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our own eyes, which we have gazed upon and touched with our own hands—this is the Word of life.
- 1 Pet 5:12Through Silvanus, whom I regard as a faithful brother, I have written to you briefly, encouraging you and testifying that this is the true grace of God. Stand firm in it.
- 1 Pet 5:1As a fellow elder, a witness of Christ’s sufferings, and a partaker of the glory to be revealed, I appeal to the elders among you:
- Acts 4:20For we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”
- Acts 1:8But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
- John 19:35The one who saw it has testified to this, and his testimony is true. He knows that he is telling the truth, so that you also may believe.
- Acts 1:21–22Therefore it is necessary to choose one of the men who have accompanied us the whole time the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
- Acts 4:33With great power the apostles continued to give their testimony about the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And abundant grace was upon them all.
- Acts 18:5And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself fully to the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.
- Rev 1:9I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and kingdom and perseverance that are in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and my testimony about Jesus.
- 2 Pet 1:16–18For we did not follow cleverly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty.
- Acts 13:31and for many days He was seen by those who had accompanied Him from Galilee to Jerusalem. They are now His witnesses to our people.
- Rev 1:2who testifies to everything he saw. This is the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ.
- Mark 1:1This is the beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
- Acts 3:15You killed the Author of life, but God raised Him from the dead, and we are witnesses of the fact.
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