13 Bible Verses about Apostles, Duties Of
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but ye shall receive the influence of the holy spirit, which will descend upon you: and ye shall be witnesses for me, in Jerusalem, in all Judea, and in Samaria, and to the remotest part of the earth.
wherefore of those who have accompanied us all the time that the Lord Jesus convers'd among us, from his baptism by John, to the day of his assumption, we should chuse one to be a witness with us of his resurrection.
but killed the prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.
Great was the power by which the apostles attested the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and they were all greatly favoured by the people.
and we are his witnesses in what we say, and so is the holy spirit, whom God hath given to those that obey him.
we are witnesses of all his transactions, both in Judea, and at Jerusalem. however, they put him to death, even that of the cross. but God raised him up the third day, and shewed him openly, not to all the people, but to those witnesses, which God had before chosen: to us, I say, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead.
and for many days he was seen by those, who had accompany'd him from Galilee to Jerusalem: and they are now his witnesses to the people.
for, the information we gave you of the powerful advent of our Lord Jesus Christ, did not proceed from any artfully contriv'd fables, we our selves having been spectators of his majesty.
we our selves heard this voice, that came from heaven, when we were with him upon the holy mountain.
Concerning the Logos, the author of Life, we declare what was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have consider'd, and what has been the object of our touch. for the life was manifested, we have seen it, we testify of it, and denounce unto you, that eternal life which was with the father, and was manifested unto us. what we have seen and heard, we declare unto you, that ye also may be of the same society with us: and truly associated with the father, and with his son Jesus Christ.
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