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John 15:27
27and ye too bear witness, because ye are 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 that the word written in their law might be fulfilled, They hated me without a cause. 26But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who goes forth from with the Father, he shall bear witness concerning me; and ye too bear witness, because ye are with me from [the] beginning.
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καὶ ὑμεῖς δὲ μαρτυρεῖτε, ὅτι ἀπ᾽ ἀρχῆς μετ᾽ ἐμοῦ ἐστε.¶Read the interlinear
Cross-references for John 15:27
- John 21:24This is the disciple who bears witness concerning these things, and who has written these things; and we know that his witness is true.
- Luke 24:48And ye are witnesses of these things.
- Acts 1:8but ye will receive power, the Holy Spirit having come upon you, and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.
- Acts 3:15but the originator of life ye slew, whom God raised from among [the] dead, whereof we are witnesses.
- Acts 4:20for as for us we cannot refrain from speaking of the things which we have seen and heard.
- Acts 10:39We also [are] witnesses of all things which he did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem; whom they also slew, having hanged him on a cross.
- Acts 13:31who appeared for many days to those who had come up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses to the people.
- Acts 18:5And when both Silas and Timotheus came down from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in respect of the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.
- Acts 23:11But the following night the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good courage; for as thou hast testified the things concerning me at Jerusalem, so thou must bear witness at Rome also.
- 1 Peter 5:1The elders which [are] among you I exhort, who [am their] fellow-elder and witness of the sufferings of the Christ, who also [am] partaker of the glory about to be revealed:
- 2 Peter 1:16For we have not made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, following cleverly imagined fables, but having been eyewitnesses of his majesty.
- Revelation 1:2who testified the word of God, and the testimony of Jesus Christ, all things that he saw.
- Mark 1:1Beginning of the glad tidings of Jesus Christ, Son of God;
- Luke 1:2as those who from the beginning were eye-witnesses of and attendants on the Word have delivered them to us,
- 1 John 1:1That which was from [the] beginning, that which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes; that which we contemplated, and our hands handled, 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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