John 15:27

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

And you also testify, because you are with Me from the beginning.

Latin

…et vos testimonium perhibebitis, quia ab initio mecum estis.

Original

Greek

English

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

Notes

John 15:27

Disciples are not alone when they testify about Christ (Matthew 28:20). The Holy Spirit is with them and gives them the words to say (Matthew 10:19–20).

John 15:18–27

Disciples must be like their master in every way. They must show love and obedience and experience opposition from those against their message (15:20–21; see 9:1–41; 11:16). Darkness opposes light (1:5). The followers of Jesus carry that light in the world (1 John 1:7; 2:9). They should expect the world to hate them in the way it hated Jesus (see John 17:14). The disciples of Jesus share his separation from and conflict with the world.

John 15:1–27

Jesus prepared his disciples for his departure, instructing them to remain in close fellowship with him. The image of a grapevine illustrates both intimacy and fruitfulness. To sustain genuine spiritual life in the world, believers must remain intimately connected to Christ.

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But 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.”
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For we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”
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