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We are His witnesses of these things; and so also is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him."
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Two Witnesses: Human and Divine
The apostles' case rested on two powerful forms of testimony. First, their own eyewitness accounts of Jesus's life, death, and resurrection. Second, the divine testimony of the Holy Spirit, whose power was publicly demonstrated through miracles, spiritual gifts, and the conversion of thousands. Commentators note this dual witness was presented as unanswerable proof.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And we are his witnesses. For this purpose they had been appointed, Acts 1:8, 21-22; Acts 2:32; Acts 3:15…
We are witnesses (ημεις εσμεν μαρτυρες). As in 2:32.Things (ρηματων). Literally, sayings, but like the Hebrew …
19th Century
Anglican
And so is also the Holy Ghost.—The signs and wonders, the tongues and the prophecies, the new power and the new l…
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By saying “Peter and the other apostles replied,” Luke suggests that Peter was the spokesman for the group of apostles on trial, with the others in…
16th Century
Protestant
And we are His witnesses. After they have declared that their doctrine came from God, they now turn to the other part: that they speak as …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And we are his witnesses of these things Of the incarnation of Christ, of his crucifixion and death, of his resurrec…
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Many will do an evil thing with daring, yet cannot bear to hear of it afterward or to be accused of it. We cannot expect to be redeemed and healed …