'Asserted' in the Bible

Others asserted that He was Elijah. Others again said, "He is a Prophet, like one of the great Prophets."

About an hour later, another man emphatically asserted, "This man was certainly with him, because he is a Galilean!"

They presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and the Law [of Moses];

but they simply had some points of disagreement with him about their own religion and about a dead man, Jesus, whom Paul asserted to be alive.

nor did we seek glory from men, either from you or from others, even though as apostles of Christ we might have asserted our authority.