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Selected Verse: John 15:27 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Joh 15:27 |
King James |
And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| ye also shall bear witness--rather, "are witnesses"; with reference indeed to their future witness-bearing, but putting the emphasis upon their present ample opportunities for acquiring their qualifications for that great office, inasmuch as they had been "with Him from the beginning." (See on Luk 1:2). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Ye also shall bear witness - You shall be witnesses to the world to urge on them the evidences that the Lord Jesus is the Messiah.
Have been with me - They had for more than three years seen his works, and were therefore qualified to bear witness of his character and doctrines.
From the beginning - From his entrance on the public work of the ministry, Mat 4:17-22. Compare Act 1:21-22. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Shall bear witness (μαρτυρεῖτε)
Present tense, bear witness. So Rev. Or, it may be taken as imperative: bear ye witness. |
2 Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;
21 Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
22 Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection.
17 From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
18 And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.
19 And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
20 And they straightway left their nets, and followed him.
21 And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them.
22 And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.