44 occurrences in 13 translations

'Witnesses' in the Bible

Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.

Verse ConceptsChildren Of EvilKilling ProphetsWitness Against OneselfProphets Killedprophetstestifying

Now the chief priests and the whole Council (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court) tried to get false witnesses to testify against Jesus, so that they might [have a reason to] put Him to death.

Verse ConceptsChief priestsLeaders, SpiritualAttempts To Kill ChristSeeking For Abstract ThingsThe Chief Priests Condemning Christaccusations

But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses,

Verse ConceptsTwo WitnessesNot FindingTwo WitnessesMany Deceivers And Deceived

Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy.

Verse ConceptsTearing Of ClothesGesturesBlasphemy, Falsely AccusedHearing ChristThose Who Tore ClothesBlasphemyMan's Needs

Then says Pilate to him, Do you give no attention to what their witnesses say against you?

"You yourselves must be on your guard. They will deliver you up to Sanhedrins; you will be brought into synagogues and cruelly beaten; and you will stand before governors and kings for my sake, to be witnesses to them for me.

Verse ConceptsFloggingGovernorsPersecution, Forms OfPersecution, Nature OfSanhedrinSynagogueHanding Over PeopleBeating BelieversWitness To The GospelTaking HeedGentile Rulers

Now the chief priests and the whole council sought witnesses against Jesus to put him to death, and found none.

Verse ConceptsChief priestsAttempts To Kill ChristNot FindingThe Chief Priests Condemning Christ

Then some came forward as witnesses and falsely declared,

Verse ConceptsPeople Getting Up

At last the High Priest stood up, and advancing into the midst of them all, asked Jesus, "Have you no answer to make? What is the meaning of all this that these witnesses allege against you?"

Verse ConceptsOthers Not AnsweringPeople Getting UpRiverstestifying

The men of Nineveh will stand up [as witnesses] at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and look, something greater than Jonah is here.

Verse Conceptsevangelism, nature ofevangelists, identity ofPreaching, Effects OfStandingGreatness Of ChristThe Final JudgementThe Dead Are Raised

Therefore, you are witnesses that you approve the deeds of your fathers, for they killed them, and you build their monuments.

Verse ConceptsParticipation, In SinProphets Killed

You yourselves are my witnesses that I said, "I am not the Messiah, but I have been sent ahead of him.'

Verse ConceptsHeraldPeople Going BeforeWho Is John The Baptist?

Why do you question me? Question those who heard what it was I said to them: these witnesses here know what I said."

Verse ConceptsHearing ChristInterrogatingKnowing Facts

And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:

Verse ConceptsCrimesHoliness, As Set Apart For GodJudaism

And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul.

Verse ConceptsCrimesevangelists, ministry ofMartyrdom, Examples OfMartyrdom Of The SaintsMartyrdom, Methods OfOutside The City

Not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead.

Verse ConceptsContemporary Witness To ChristChrist Is Risen

Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not.

Verse ConceptsAre The Dead Raised?Christ Would Risereality

This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.

Verse ConceptsThree WitnessesWitnesses, LegalTwo Or ThreeActing Three TimesWitnessing

for those involved in sexual immorality, for homosexuals, for kidnappers, for liars, for false witnesses, and for whatever else goes against the healthy teaching

Verse ConceptsTradeSound DoctrineThe End Of LiarsDefilementgaysSexual ImmoralityBeing GayGay MarriageSame Sex MarriageSexual Purity

And the Holy Spirit also witnesses to us, for after saying,

Verse ConceptsThe Witness Of The SpiritTaught By The Spirit

These witnesses are the two olive trees and the two lamp stands standing in the presence of the Lord of the earth.

Verse ConceptsTwo Plant ProductsTwo Other ThingsOlive Trees

These witnesses have authority to close the heavens in order to keep rain from falling while they are prophesying. They also have authority to turn bodies of water into blood and to strike the earth with any plague, as often as they desire.

Verse ConceptsBlood, Miracles Connected WithPlaguesRainSkyTurned To BloodLack Of RainAuthority Of DisciplesThe Two WitnessesWeather In The Last DaysweatherempowermentGod Controlling The Rain

Then the witnesses heard a loud voice from heaven calling to them, "Come up here!" So they went up to heaven in a cloud, and their enemies watched them.

Verse ConceptsHeaven,  Redeemed CommunityGoing Up To HeavenGod Speaks From HeavenTaken To HeavenThe Two Witnesses

Bible Theasaurus

Looker (1 instance)
Spectator (2 instances)
Watcher (3 instances)

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