and you are testifying as well, 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.
- BSB And you also must testify, because you have been with Me from the beginning.
- NKJV And you also will bear witness, 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.
Cross-references & the web
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- 1 Jn 4:14We have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as the Savior of the world.
- Acts 10:39–42We are witnesses of everything he did both in the country of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they also killed, hanging him on a tree.
- John 21:24This is the disciple who testifies about these things, and wrote these things. We know that his witness is true.
- Luke 24:48You are witnesses of these things.
- Luke 1:2–3even as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word delivered them to us,
- Acts 23:11The following night, the Lord stood by him, and said, “Cheer up, Paul, for as you have testified about me at Jerusalem, so you must testify also at Rome.”
- 1 Jn 1:1–2That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we saw, and our hands touched, concerning the Word of life
- 1 Pet 5:12Through Silvanus, our faithful brother, as I consider him, I have written to you briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God in which you stand.
- 1 Pet 5:1Therefore I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and who will also share in the glory that will be revealed.
- Acts 4:20for we can’t help telling the things which we saw and heard.”
- Acts 1:8But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth.”
- John 19:35He who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true. He knows that he tells the truth, that you may believe.
- Acts 1:21–22“Of the men therefore who have accompanied us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
- Acts 4:33With great power, the apostles gave their testimony of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. Great grace was on them all.
- Acts 18:5But when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the Spirit, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.
- Rev 1:9I John, your brother and partner with you in the oppression, Kingdom, and perseverance in Christ Jesus, was on the isle that is called Patmos because of God’s Word and the testimony of Jesus Christ.
- 2 Pet 1:16–18For we did not follow cunningly 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 he was seen for many days by those who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses to the people.
- Rev 1:2who testified to God’s word, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, about everything that he saw.
- Mark 1:1The beginning of the Good News of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
- Acts 3:15and killed the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead, to which we are witnesses.
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