New King James Version
John 15:27
27And you also will bear witness, 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 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 happened that the word might be fulfilled which is written in their law, ‘They hated Me without a cause.’ 26“But when the Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify of Me. And you also will bear witness, 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 of these things, and wrote these things; and we know that his testimony is true.
- Luke 24:48And you are witnesses of these things.
- Acts 1:8But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
- Acts 3:15and killed the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead, of which we are witnesses.
- Acts 4:20For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.”
- Acts 10:39And we are witnesses of all things which He did both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem, whom they killed by hanging on a tree.
- Acts 13:31He was seen for many days by those who came up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are His witnesses to the people.
- Acts 18:5When Silas and Timothy had come from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the Spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.
- Acts 23:11But the following night the Lord stood by him and said, “Be of good cheer, Paul; for as you have testified for Me in Jerusalem, so you must also bear witness at Rome.”
- 1 Peter 5:1The elders who are among you I exhort, I who am a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that will be revealed:
- 2 Peter 1:16For we did not follow cunningly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of His majesty.
- Revelation 1:2who bore witness to the word of God, and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, to all things that he saw.
- Mark 1:1The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
- Luke 1:2just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word delivered them to us,
- 1 John 1:1That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have 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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