John 15:27
25 But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:
And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
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Compare
- BSB
- And you also must testify, because you have been with Me from the beginning.
- KJV
- And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
- WEB
- You will also testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.
- ASV
- and ye also bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
- DARBY
- and ye too bear witness, because ye are with me from [the] beginning.
- BLB
- And you⁺ also testify, because you⁺ are with Me from the beginning.[]
- ÅB
- Men også dere skal vitne; for dere har vært med meg fra begynnelsen av.
- OTB
- Og dere må også vitne, fordi dere har vært med meg fra begynnelsen.
- B1930
- Men også I skal vidne; for I har vært med mig fra begynnelsen av.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 John 4:14
And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
Read in contextJohn 21:24
This is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote these things: and we know that his testimony is true.
Read in contextActs 10:39–42
And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree:
Read in contextLuke 24:48
And ye are witnesses of these things.
Read in contextActs 23:11
And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.
Read in contextLuke 1:2–3
Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;
Read in context1 John 1:1–2
That 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, of the Word of life;
Read in contextActs 4:20
For we can not but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
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