17 Bible Verses about Witnesses
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But you will have power, when the Holy Spirit has come on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judaea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.
For you will be a witness for him to all men of what you have seen and of what has come to your ears.
Then by more than five hundred brothers at the same time, most of whom are still living, but some are sleeping;
For God is my witness, whose servant I am in spirit in the good news of his Son, that you are at all times in my memory and in my prayers,
And from Jesus Christ, the true witness, the first to come back from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who had love for us and has made us clean from our sins by his blood;
For God is my witness, how my love goes out to you all in the loving mercies of Christ Jesus.
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But you will have power, when the Holy Spirit has come on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judaea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.
And we are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who keep his laws.
But get up on your feet: for I have come to you for this purpose, to make you a servant and a witness of the things in which you have seen me, and of those in which you will see me;
False teachers » Instances of » Witnesses » Against paul
And when they had taken them before the authorities, they said, These men, who are Jews, are greatly troubling our town; Teaching rules of living which it is not right for us to have or to keep, being Romans.
For this man, in our opinion, is a cause of trouble, a maker of attacks on the government among Jews through all the empire, and a chief mover in the society of the Nazarenes:
But the Jews, being moved with envy, took with them certain low persons from among the common people, and getting together a great number of people, made an outcry in the town, attacking the house of Jason with the purpose of taking them out to the people. And when they were not able to get them, they took Jason and some of the brothers by force before the rulers of the town, crying, These men, who have made trouble all over the world have now come here; Whom Jason has taken into his house: and they are acting against the orders of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus.
And when he came, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem came round him, and made all sorts of serious statements against him, which were not supported by the facts. Then Paul, in his answer to them, said, I have done no wrong against the law of the Jews, or against the Temple, or against Caesar.
False teachers » Instances of » Witnesses » Against jesus
Now the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin were looking for false witness against Jesus, so that they might put him to death; And they were not able to get it, though a number of false witnesses came. But later there came two who said, This man said, I am able to give the Temple of God to destruction, and to put it up again in three days.
And Peter had come after him at a distance, even into the house of the high priest; and he was seated with the captains, warming himself in the light of the fire. Now the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin were looking for witness against Jesus so that they might put him to death; and they were unable to get any. For a number gave false witness against him and their witness was not in agreement. read more.
Then some got up and gave false witness against him, saying, He said in our hearing, I will put an end to this Temple which is made with hands, and in three days I will make another without hands. And even so their witness was not in agreement.
False teachers » Instances of » Witnesses » Against stephen
Then they got men to say, He has said evil against Moses and against God, in our hearing.
And they got false witnesses who said, This man is for ever saying things against this holy place and against the law:
False teachers » Instances of » Witnesses » Against naboth
And the two good-for-nothing persons came in and took their seats before him and gave witness against Naboth, in front of the people, saying, Naboth has been cursing God and the king. Then they took him outside the town and had him stoned to death.
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But you will have power, when the Holy Spirit has come on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judaea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.
Titles and names of ministers » Witnesses
But you will have power, when the Holy Spirit has come on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judaea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.
And we are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who keep his laws.
But get up on your feet: for I have come to you for this purpose, to make you a servant and a witness of the things in which you have seen me, and of those in which you will see me;
Witnesses » Two or more needed to convict
This is the third time that I am coming to you. From the mouth of two or three witnesses will every word be made certain.
Anyone causing the death of another is himself to be put to death on the word of witnesses: but the word of one witness is not enough.
On the word of two or three witnesses, a man may be given the punishment of death; but he is not to be put to death on the word of one witness.
One witness may not make a statement against a man in relation to any sin or wrongdoing which he has done: on the word of two or three witnesses a question is to be judged.
But if he will not give ear to you, take with you one or two more, that by the lips of two or three witnesses every word may be made certain.
Witnesses » Disciples and early Christians as
And we are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who keep his laws.
And for a number of days he was seen by those who came with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses before the people.
For when we gave you news of the power and the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, our teaching was not based on stories put together by art, but we were eye-witnesses of his glory.
As they were handed down to us by those who saw them from the first and were preachers of the word,
FALSE » Witnesses » Examples of
And when he came, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem came round him, and made all sorts of serious statements against him, which were not supported by the facts.
Then they got men to say, He has said evil against Moses and against God, in our hearing.
So they took the money, and did as they had been ordered: and this account has been current among the Jews till the present time.
And when they were not able to get them, they took Jason and some of the brothers by force before the rulers of the town, crying, These men, who have made trouble all over the world have now come here;
For a number gave false witness against him and their witness was not in agreement.
Topics on Witnesses
False Witnesses, Defined As
Proverbs 12:17The breathing out of true words gives knowledge of righteousness; but a false witness gives out deceit.
False Witnesses,examples Of
1 Samuel 22:8-18That all of you have made designs against me, and not one of you gave me word when my son made an agreement with the son of Jesse, and not one of you has pity for me or has made my eyes open to the fact that my servant has been moved by my son against me, as at this day?
Living Witnesses
1 Peter 2:12Being of good behaviour among the Gentiles; so that though they say now that you are evil-doers, they may see your good works and give glory to God when he comes to be their judge.
The Two Witnesses
Revelation 11:3And I will give orders to my two witnesses, and they will be prophets for a thousand, two hundred and sixty days, clothed with haircloth.
Things As Witnesses
Genesis 21:30And he said, Take these seven lambs from me as a witness that I have made this water-hole.
Three Witnesses
1 John 5:8There are three witnesses, the Spirit, the water, and the blood: and all three are in agreement.
Witnesses, Legal
Genesis 31:50If you are cruel to my daughters, or if you take other wives in addition to my daughters, then though no man is there to see, God will be the witness between us.
Witnesses, To Jesus Christ
Acts 26:22-23And so, by God's help, I am here today, witnessing to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would come about;
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