Quotes About Witness

But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.

We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him.”

At this, they yielded to Gamaliel. They called the apostles in and had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and released them.

The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name.

Every day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they did not stop teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Christ.

Then they prompted some men to say, “We heard Stephen speak words of blasphemy against Moses and against God.”

So they stirred up the people, elders, and scribes and confronted Stephen. They seized him and brought him before the Sanhedrin,

where they presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law.

All who were sitting in the Sanhedrin looked intently at Stephen, and they saw that his face was like the face of an angel.

On hearing this, the members of the Sanhedrin were enraged, and they gnashed their teeth at him.

But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked intently into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.

“Look,” he said, “I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.”

At this they covered their ears, cried out in a loud voice, and rushed together at him.

They dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile the witnesses laid their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.

But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison.

Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Christ to them.

Even Simon himself believed and was baptized. He followed Philip closely and was astounded by the great signs and miracles he observed.

And after Peter and John had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel in many of the Samaritan villages.

Then Philip began with this very Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus.

and requested letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women belonging to the Way, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

“Go!” said the Lord. “This man is My chosen instrument to carry My name before the Gentiles and their kings, and before the people of Israel.

Saul promptly began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, declaring, “He is the Son of God.”

Then Barnabas brought him to the apostles and described how Saul had seen the Lord, who spoke to him on the road to Damascus, and how Saul had spoken boldly in that city in the name of Jesus.

and all who lived in Lydda and Sharon saw him and turned to the Lord.