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John 15:27

And you also must testify, because you have been with Me from the beginning.

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ASV

and ye also bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.

KJV

And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.

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10 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
καὶkaiAlsoG2532 →
ὑμεῖςhumeisyou yourselvesG4771 →
δὲdenowG1161 →
μαρτυρεῖτε,martureitebear witness,G3140 →
ὅτιhotibecauseG3754 →
ἀπ᾽ap᾽fromG575 →
ἀρχῆςarchēs[the] beginningG746 →
μετ᾽met᾽withG3326 →
ἐμοῦemouMeG1473 →
ἐστε.¶esteyou are.G1510 →

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Luke 1:2just as they were handed down to us by the initial eyewitnesses and servants of the word.Isaiah 43:10“You are My witnesses,” declares the LORD, “and My servant whom I have chosen, so that you may consider and believe Me and understand that I am He. Before Me no god was formed, and after Me none will come.1 John 1:2And this is the life that was revealed; we have seen it and testified to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us.1 John 4:14And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent His Son to be the Savior of the world.John 21:24This is the disciple who testifies to these things and who has written them down. And we know that his testimony is true.Acts 10:39–42We are witnesses of all that He did, both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem. And although they put Him to death by hanging Him on a tree,Luke 24:48You are witnesses of these things.Acts 1:21Therefore it is necessary to choose one of the men who have accompanied us the whole time the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,Acts 23:11The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, “Take courage! As you have testified about Me in Jerusalem, so also you must testify in Rome.”1 John 1:1–2That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our own eyes, which we have gazed upon and touched with our own hands—this is the Word of life.Luke 1:2–3just as they were handed down to us by the initial eyewitnesses and servants of the word.Revelation 11:3And I will empower my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.”2 Timothy 1:8So do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, or of me, His prisoner. Instead, join me in suffering for the gospel by the power of God.Acts 22:15You will be His witness to everyone of what you have seen and heard.Acts 1:8But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”1 Peter 5:12Through Silvanus, whom I regard as a faithful brother, I have written to you briefly, encouraging you and testifying that this is the true grace of God. Stand firm in it.1 Peter 5:1As a fellow elder, a witness of Christ’s sufferings, and a partaker of the glory to be revealed, I appeal to the elders among you:Acts 4:20For we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”

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