But I put no value on my life, if only at the end of it I may see the work complete which was given to me by the Lord Jesus, to be a witness of the good news of the grace of God.
For you will be a witness for him to all men of what you have seen and of what has come to your ears.
And I saw him saying to me, Go out of Jerusalem straight away because they will not give hearing to your witness about me.
And when Stephen your witness was put to death, I was there, giving approval, and looking after the clothing of those who put him to death.
Of which the high priest will be a witness, and all the rulers, from whom I had letters to the brothers; and I went into Damascus, to take those who were there as prisoners to Jerusalem for punishment.
And the night after, the Lord came to his side and said, Be of good heart, for as you have been witnessing for me in Jerusalem, so will you be my witness in Rome.
And with more such words he gave his witness, offering them salvation and saying, Come out from this evil generation.
But get up on your feet: for I have come to you for this purpose, to make you a servant and a witness of the things in which you have seen me, and of those in which you will see me;
And they are able to say, if they would give witness, that I was living as a Pharisee, in that division of our religion which is most regular in the keeping of the law.
And when a day had been fixed, they came to his house in great numbers; and he gave them teaching, giving witness to the kingdom of God, and having discussions with them about Jesus, from the law of Moses and from the prophets, from morning till evening.
And with great power the Apostles gave witness of the coming back of the Lord Jesus from the dead; and grace was on them all.
Our fathers had the Tent of witness in the waste land, as God gave orders to Moses to make it after the design which he had seen.
So they, having given their witness and made clear the word of the Lord, went back to Jerusalem, giving the good news on their way in a number of the small towns of Samaria.
Give ear now, and give witness against the family of Jacob, says the Lord God, the God of armies;
For I give witness of him that he has undergone much trouble for you and for those in Laodicea and in Hierapolis.
On the word of two or three witnesses, a man may be given the punishment of death; but he is not to be put to death on the word of one witness.
One witness may not make a statement against a man in relation to any sin or wrongdoing which he has done: on the word of two or three witnesses a question is to be judged.
If a false witness makes a statement against a man, saying that he has done wrong,
And the judges will have the question looked into with care: and if the witness is seen to be false and to have made a false statement against his brother,
Today you have given witness that the Lord is your God, and that you will go in his ways and keep his laws and his orders and his decisions and give ear to his voice:
And you are to come to him who is priest at that time, and say to him, I give witness today before the Lord your God, that I have come into the land which the Lord made an oath to our fathers to give us.
I give witness against you this day that destruction will certainly be your fate, and your days will be cut short in the land where you are going, the land of your heritage on the other side of Jordan.
Make then this song for yourselves, teaching it to the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, so that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.
Then when evils and troubles without number have overtaken them, this song will be a witness to them, for the words of it will be clear in the memories of their children: for I see the thoughts which are moving in their hearts even now, before I have taken them into the land of my oath.
Take this book of the law and put it by the ark of the Lord's agreement, so that it may be a witness against you.
Do not give false witness against your neighbour;
This I say, then, and give witness in the Lord, that you are to go no longer in the way of the Gentiles whose minds are turned to that which has no profit,
Do not give false witness against your neighbour.
Do not let a false statement go further; do not make an agreement with evil-doers to be a false witness.
This is the price of the making of the House, even the House of witness, as it was valued by the word of Moses, for the work of the Levites under the direction of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest.
Now God is witness that the things which I am writing to you are true.
Where then is that happy condition of yours? because I give you witness, that, if possible, you would have taken out your eyes and given them to me.
Yes, I give witness again to every man who undergoes circumcision, that he will have to keep all the law.
And he said, Take these seven lambs from me as a witness that I have made this water-hole.
And Leah said, Happy am I! and all women will give witness to my joy: and she gave him the name Asher.
Come, let us make an agreement, you and I; and let it be for a witness between us.
And Laban said, These stones are a witness between you and me today. For this reason its name was Galeed,
If you are cruel to my daughters, or if you take other wives in addition to my daughters, then though no man is there to see, God will be the witness between us.
They will be witness that I will not go over these stones to you, and you will not go over these stones or this pillar to me, for any evil purpose.
A curse on him who gives his neighbour the wine of his wrath, making him overcome with strong drink from the cup of his passion, so that you may be a witness of their shame!
And the Holy Spirit is a witness for us: for after he had said,
Let us keep the witness of our hope strong and unshaking, for he is true who has given his word:
All these came to their end in faith, not having had the heritage; but having seen it with delight far away, they gave witness that they were wanderers and not of the earth.
By faith Abel made a better offering to God than Cain, and he had witness through it of his righteousness, God giving his approval of his offering: and his voice still comes to us through it though he is dead.
By faith Enoch was taken up to heaven so that he did not see death; he was seen no longer, for God took him away: for before he was taken, witness had been given that he was well-pleasing to God:
Let us then make offerings of praise to God at all times through him, that is to say, the fruit of lips giving witness to his name.
And God was a witness with them, by signs and wonders, and by more than natural powers, and by his distribution of the Holy Spirit at his pleasure.
But a certain writer has given his witness, saying, What is man, that you keep him in mind? what is the son of man, that you take him into account?
And Moses certainly kept faith as a servant, in all his house, and as a witness of those things which were to be said later;
And it will be a sign and a witness to the Lord of armies in the land of Egypt: when they are crying out to the Lord because of their cruel masters, then he will send them a saviour and a strong one to make them free.
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