John 15:27

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 has happened so that the word that is written in their Law will be fulfilled: ‘They hated Me for no reason.’ 26“When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, namely, the Spirit of truth who comes from the Father, He will testify about Me, and you are testifying as well, because you have been with Me from the beginning.

John 15:27 word by word

καὶ ὑμεῖς δὲ μαρτυρεῖτε, ὅτι ἀπ᾽ ἀρχῆς μετ᾽ ἐμοῦ ἐστε.¶Read the interlinear

• you are testifyingμαρτυρέωmartureō · to testifyG3140
• asκαίkai · andG2532
• becauseὅτιhoti · that/since: sinceG3754
• you have beenεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• from the beginningἀρχήarchē · beginningG746

Cross-references for John 15:27

• John 21:24This is the disciple who is testifying about these things and wrote these things, and 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 upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and Samaria, and as far as the remotest part of the earth.”
• Acts 3:15but put to death the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead, a fact to which we are witnesses.
• Acts 4:20for we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”
• Acts 10:39We are witnesses of all the things that He did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They also put Him to death by hanging Him on a cross.
• Acts 13:31and for many days He appeared to those who came up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, the very ones who are now His witnesses to the people.
• Acts 18:5But when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul began devoting himself completely to the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.
• Acts 23:11But on the following night, the Lord stood near him and said, “Be courageous! For as you have testified to the truth about Me in Jerusalem, so you must testify in Rome also.”
• 1 Peter 5:1Therefore, I urge elders among you, as your fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and one who is also a fellow partaker of the glory that is to be revealed:
• 2 Peter 1:16For we did not follow cleverly devised tales when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty.
• Revelation 1:2who testified to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, everything that he saw.
• Mark 1:1The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God,
• Luke 1:2just as they were handed down to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word,
• 1 John 1:1What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and 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

Topics related to John 15:27

• Apostles
• Jesus Continued
• Minister, Christian
• Testimony

In the dictionaries

• Apostle
• Cloke
• Herein
• Atonement
• Comforter
• Communion; (fellowship)
• Ethics of Jesus
• Holy Spirit
• Jesus Christ
• Johannine Theology

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