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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)And you must also testify about me because you have been with me from the beginning of my ministry.

Context of John 15:27

25But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated me without reason.’ 26“When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father—he will testify about me. And you also must testify, for 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 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 comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
• Acts 3:15You killed the author of life, but God raised him from the dead. We are witnesses of this.
• Acts 4:20As for us, we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard.”
• Acts 10:39“We are witnesses of everything he did in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They killed him by hanging him on a cross,
• Acts 13:31and for many days he was seen by those who had traveled with him from Galilee to Jerusalem. They are now his witnesses to our people.
• Acts 18:5When Silas and Timothy came from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself exclusively to preaching, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Messiah.
• Acts 23:11The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, “Take courage! As you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome.”
• 1 Peter 5:1To the elders among you, I appeal as a fellow elder and a witness of Christ’s sufferings who also will share in the glory to be revealed:
• 2 Peter 1:16For we did not follow cleverly devised stories when we told you about the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ in power, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
• Revelation 1:2who testifies to everything he saw—that is, the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ.
• Mark 1:1The beginning of the good news about Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God,
• Luke 1:2just as they were handed down to us by those who from the first were eyewitnesses and servants of the word.
• 1 John 1:1That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched—this we proclaim 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