Christian Standard Bible
John 15:27
27You also will testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.
John 15:27 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
- New International Version (NIV)And you also must testify, for you have been with me from the beginning.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And you also will bear witness, because you have been with me from the beginning.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And you also will bear witness, because you have been with Me from the beginning.
Context of John 15:27
25But this happened so that the statement written in their law might be fulfilled: They hated me for no reason. 26“When the Counselor comes, the one I will send to you from the Father — the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father — he will testify about me. You also will testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.
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καὶ ὑμεῖς δὲ μαρτυρεῖτε, ὅτι ἀπ᾽ ἀρχῆς μετ᾽ ἐμοῦ ἐστε.¶Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for John 15:27
- John 21:24This is the disciple who testifies to these things and who wrote them down. We know that his testimony is true.
- Luke 24:48You are witnesses of these things.
- Acts 1:8But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come on you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
- Acts 3:15You killed the source of life, whom God raised from the dead; we are witnesses of this.
- Acts 4:20for we are unable to stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”
- Acts 10:39We ourselves are witnesses of everything he did in both the Judean country and in Jerusalem, and yet they killed him by hanging him on a tree.
- Acts 13:31and he appeared for many days to those who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses to the people.
- Acts 18:5When Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself to preaching the word and testified to the Jews that Jesus is the Messiah.
- Acts 23:11The following night, the Lord stood by him and said, “Have courage! For as you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so it is necessary for you to testify in Rome.”
- 1 Peter 5:1I exhort the elders among you as a fellow elder and witness to the sufferings of Christ, as well as one who shares in the glory about to be revealed:
- 2 Peter 1:16For we did not follow cleverly contrived myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ; instead, we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
- Revelation 1:2who testified to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, whatever he saw.
- Mark 1:1The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
- Luke 1:2just as the original eyewitnesses and servants of the word handed them down to us.
- 1 John 1:1What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have observed and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life —
Commentaries on John 15:27
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27Ye also shall bear witness - You shall be witnesses to the world to urge on them the evidences that the Lord Jesus is the Messiah. Have been with me - They had for more than three years seen his works, and were therefore qualified to bear witness of his character and doctrines. From the beginning - From his entrance on the public work of the ministry, Matthew 4:17-22. Compare Acts 1:21-22.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 26-27Verses 26-27 The blessed Spirit will maintain the cause of Christ in the world, notwithstanding the opposition it meets with. Believers taught and encouraged by his influences, would bear testimony to Christ and his salvation.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 27Disciples are not alone when they testify about Christ (Matthew 28:20). The Holy Spirit is with them and gives them the words to say (Matthew 10:19–20).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 26-2726-27. (See on Joh 14:15; Joh 14:17).Read the comment
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Commentaries on John 15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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