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

25Now this happened to fulfill the word that is written in their law, ‘They hated me without reason.’ 26When the Advocate comes, whom I will send you from the Father – the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father – he will testify about me, and you also will testify, 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• yeσύsu · youG4771
• alsoδέde · thenG1161
• shall bear witnessμαρτυρέωmartureō · to testifyG3140
• becauseὅτιhoti · that/since: sinceG3754
• ye have beenεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• withμετάmeta · with/afterG3326
• meἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• fromἀπόapo · away fromG575
• the beginningἀρχήarchē · beginningG746

Cross-references for John 15:27

• John 21:24This is the disciple who testifies about these things and has written 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 will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the farthest parts of the earth.”
• Acts 3:15You killed the Originator of life, whom God raised from the dead. To this fact we are witnesses!
• Acts 4:20for it is impossible for us not to speak about what we have seen and heard.”
• Acts 10:39We are witnesses of all the things he did both in Judea and in Jerusalem. They killed him by hanging him on a tree,
• Acts 13:31and for many days he appeared to those who had accompanied him from Galilee to Jerusalem. These are now his witnesses to the people.
• Acts 18:5Now when Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul became wholly absorbed with proclaiming the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.
• Acts 23:11The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, “Have courage, for just as you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome.”
• 1 Peter 5:1So as your fellow elder and a witness of Christ’s sufferings and as one who shares in the glory that will be revealed, I urge the elders among you:
• 2 Peter 1:16For we did not follow cleverly concocted fables when we made known to you the power and return of our Lord Jesus Christ; no, we were eyewitnesses of his grandeur.
• Revelation 1:2who then testified to everything that he saw concerning the word of God and the testimony about Jesus Christ.
• Mark 1:1The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
• Luke 1:2like the accounts passed on to us by those who were eyewitnesses and servants of the word from the beginning.
• 1 John 1:1This is what we proclaim to you: what was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and our hands have touched (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