17 Bible Verses about Witnesses
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But ye shall receive the virtue of the Holy Spirit which shall come upon you, and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem and in all Judaea and in Samaria and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
after that, he appeared unto more than five hundred brothers at once, of whom the greater part remain unto now, but some are fallen asleep.
For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I always remember you in my prayers,
and from Jesus, the Christ, who is the faithful witness and the first begotten of the dead and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us and washed us from our sins with his own blood
For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.
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But ye shall receive the virtue of the Holy Spirit which shall come upon you, and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem and in all Judaea and in Samaria and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
And we are his witnesses of these things, and so is also the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those that persuade him.
But rise and stand upon thy feet, for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen and of those things in which I will appear unto thee;
False teachers » Instances of » Witnesses » Against paul
and brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city and teach rites which are not lawful for us to receive neither to observe, being Romans.
For we have found this man a pestilent fellow and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world and prince of the seditious sect of the Nazarenes,
But the disobedient Jews, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort and gathered a company and set all the city on an uproar and assaulted the house of Jason and sought to bring them out to the people. And when they did not find them, they brought Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down have come here also, whom Jason has received, and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.
And when he was come, the Jews who came down from Jerusalem stood round about and laid many and grievous complaints against Paul, which they could not prove. While he answered for himself, Neither against the law of the Jews, neither against the temple, nor yet against Caesar have I sinned in anything at all.
False teachers » Instances of » Witnesses » Against jesus
Now the princes of the priests and the elders and all the council sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death; but found none; though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses who said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God and to build it in three days.
But Peter followed him afar off, even into the palace of the high priest, and he was seated with the servants and warming himself at the fire. And the princes of the priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death and found none. For many bore false witness against him, but their witness did not agree together. read more.
And there arose some that bore false witness against him, saying, We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands. But neither so did their witness agree together.
False teachers » Instances of » Witnesses » Against stephen
Then they suborned men, who said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and against God.
and set up false witnesses, who said, This man does not cease to speak blasphemous words against this holy place and the law,
False teachers » Instances of » Witnesses » Against naboth
Then the two men, sons of Belial, came in and sat before him; and those men of Belial witnessed against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth blasphemed God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones that he died.
Names » Of ministers » Witnesses
But ye shall receive the virtue of the Holy Spirit which shall come upon you, and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem and in all Judaea and in Samaria and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
Titles and names of ministers » Witnesses
But ye shall receive the virtue of the Holy Spirit which shall come upon you, and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem and in all Judaea and in Samaria and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
And we are his witnesses of these things, and so is also the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those that persuade him.
But rise and stand upon thy feet, for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen and of those things in which I will appear unto thee;
Witnesses » Two or more needed to convict
This third time I am coming unto you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.
Whoever kills any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses, but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.
At the mouth of two witnesses or three witnesses shall he that is worthy of death be put to death, but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.
One witness shall not be valid against a man for any iniquity or for any sin, in any sin which he should commit. At the mouth of two witnesses or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.
But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.
Witnesses » Disciples and early Christians as
And we are his witnesses of these things, and so is also the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those that persuade him.
and he was seen many days by those who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who until now are his witnesses unto the people.
For we have not made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, following cunningly devised fables, but as eyewitnesses of his majesty.
even as those who were eyewitnesses from the beginning taught us and thus were ministers of the word,
FALSE » Witnesses » Examples of
And when he was come, the Jews who came down from Jerusalem stood round about and laid many and grievous complaints against Paul, which they could not prove.
Then they suborned men, who said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and against God.
So they took the money and did as they were taught, and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day.
And when they did not find them, they brought Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down have come here also,
For many bore false witness against him, but their witness did not agree together.
Topics on Witnesses
False Witnesses, Defined As
Proverbs 12:17He that speaks truth shows forth righteousness, but a false witness, deceit.
False Witnesses,examples Of
1 Samuel 22:8-18that all of you have conspired against me, and there is no one that shows me that my son has made a league with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is sorry for me or shows unto me that my son has stirred up my slave against me, to lie in wait against me, as at this day?
Living Witnesses
1 Peter 2:12and have your honest conversation among the Gentiles, so that, in that which they murmur about you as of evildoers, having witnessed your good works, they may glorify God in the day of visitation.
The Two Witnesses
Revelation 11:3And I will give my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.
Things As Witnesses
Genesis 21:30And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand that they may be a witness unto me that I have dug this well.
Three Witnesses
1 John 5:8And there are three that bear witness on earth, the Spirit and the water and the blood; and these three agree in one.
Witnesses, Legal
Genesis 31:50If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness between me and thee.
Witnesses, To Jesus Christ
Acts 26:22-23Having, therefore, obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying no other things than those which the prophets and Moses said should come: