John 15 · Verse 27

John 15:27

And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
John 15:27, King James Version

John 15:27 in other translations

BSBAnd you also must testify, because you have been with Me from the beginning.
WEBYou will also testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.
ASVand ye also bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
YLTand ye also do testify, because from the beginning ye are with me.
DARBYand ye too bear witness, because ye are with me from the beginning.
BBEAnd you, in addition, will give witness because you have been with me from the first.
WebsterAnd ye also shall bear testimony, because ye have been with me from the beginning.

What does John 15:27 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 15:26-27

26-27. (See on Joh 14:15; Joh 14:17).

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Barnes' Notes
Verse 27. 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, Mt 4:17-22. Comp. Acts 1:21,22.

(f) "And ye also shall bear witness" Lk 24:48, Acts 2:32, 4:20,33 2Pet 1:16

(g) "ye have been with me from the beginning" 1Jn 1:2.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on John 15:26-27

The blessed Spirit will maintain the cause of Christ in the world, notwithstanding the opposition it meets with. Believers taught and encouraged by his influences, would bear testimony to Christ and his salvation.

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John 15:27 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

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

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for John 15:27

  • 1 John 4:14

    And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.

  • John 21:24

    This is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote these things: and we know that his testimony is true.

  • Acts 10:39-42

    And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree: Him God raised up the third day, and shewed him openly; 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. And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead.

  • Luke 24:48

    And ye are witnesses of these things.

  • Acts 23:11

    And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.

  • Luke 1:2-3

    Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word; It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,

  • 1 John 1:1-2

    That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)

  • Acts 4:20

    For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.

  • Acts 1:8

    But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

  • 1 Peter 5:1

    The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:

  • 1 Peter 5:12

    By Silvanus, a faithful brother unto you, as I suppose, I have written briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God wherein ye stand.

  • John 19:35

    And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
ye also.
21:24; Lu 24:48; Ac 1:8,21,22; 3:15; 4:20,33; 10:39-42; 13:31
Ac 18:5; 23:11; 1Pe 5:1,12; 2Pe 1:16-18; Re 1:2,9
have.
Mr 1:1; Lu 1:2,3; 1Jo 1:1,2

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Context

  • John 15:26

    But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:

  • John 15:27

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

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John 15:27 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y vosotros daréis testimonio, porque estáis conmigo desde el principio.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et vous aussi, vous rendrez témoignage; parce que dès le commencement vous êtes avec moi.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Aber auch ihr zeuget, weil ihr von Anfang an bei mir seid.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et vos testimonium perhibebitis, quia ab initio mecum estis.