God has appointed some in the congregation: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helpers, abilities to direct, different tongues.

He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, shepherds and teachers.

Witnesses

I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. I also saw the people who were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or his image. They had not received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands. They lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

You are witnesses of these things.

You also bear witness because you have been with me from the beginning.

You will receive power, when the Holy Spirit comes on you and you will be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.

God resurrected Jesus and we all witnessed this!

You killed the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead. We witnessed this!

Those who came with him from Galilee to Jerusalem saw him. They are his witnesses to the people.

They shall

I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me: Do not do that. I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers. You have the witness from Jesus: worship God! For the witness from Jesus is the spirit (mind-set) of prophecy.

A thousand

Do not measure the court outside the temple for it is given to the nations. They will tread the holy city under foot for forty-two months.

The woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God. There they feed her a thousand two hundred and sixty days.

Clothed

Jacob tore his clothes in sorrow and put on sackcloth. He mourned for his son a long time.

David saw the angel standing in midair, holding his sword in his hand, ready to destroy Jerusalem. Then David and the leaders of the people, all of whom were wearing sackcloth bowed low, with their faces touching the ground.

When Mordecai learned what had been done, he tore his clothes in anguish. Then he dressed in sackcloth, covered his head with ashes, and walked through the city, wailing loudly and bitterly,

I have sewed sackcloth over my skin and thrust my horn (strength) in the dust.

In that day Jehovah God of Hosts called to weeping and mourning, to baldness and putting on sackcloth.

The elders of the daughter of Zion are seated on the earth and keep silent. They throw dust on their heads. They are clothed in sackcloth. The heads of the virgins of Jerusalem are brought down to the earth.

Jesus responded: I tell you truth, except a man be born of water and the spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God!

General references

Jacob tore his clothes in sorrow and put on sackcloth. He mourned for his son a long time.

Those accused of murder may be found guilty and put to death only on the evidence of two or more witnesses. The evidence of one witness is not sufficient to support an accusation of murder.

I have great sorrow and continual grief in my heart.