John 15:27
And you, in addition, will give witness because you have been with me from the first.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
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Cross References
Luke 1:2As they were handed down to us by those who saw them from the first and were preachers of the word,
John 19:35And he who saw it has given witness (and his witness is true; he is certain that what he says is true) so that you may have belief.
Acts 1:8But you will have power, when the Holy Spirit has come on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judaea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.
Acts 3:15And put to death the Lord of life; whom God gave back from the dead; of which fact we are witnesses.
Acts 4:33And with great power the Apostles gave witness of the coming back of the Lord Jesus from the dead; and grace was on them all.
Acts 13:31And for a number of days he was seen by those who came with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses before the people.
Matthew Henry on John 15:27
The Comforter Announced. 26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me: 27 And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning. Christ having spoken of the great opposition which his gospel was likely to meet with in the world, and the hardships that would be put upon the preachers of it, lest any should fear that they and it would be run down by that violent torrent, he… Read the whole commentary →