Acts 5:32

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

And we are witnesses of these events, and so is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey him.”

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  • Acts 2:4 : 4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit, and they began to speak in other languages as the Spirit enabled them.
  • John 15:26-27 : 26 When the Advocate comes, whom I will send you from the Father– the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father– he will testify about me, 27 and you also will testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.
  • Heb 2:3-4 : 3 how will we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was first communicated through the Lord and was confirmed to us by those who heard him, 4 while God confirmed their witness with signs and wonders and various miracles and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will.
  • 1 Pet 1:12 : 12 They were shown that they were serving not themselves but you, in regard to the things now announced to you through those who proclaimed the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven– things angels long to catch a glimpse of.
  • John 16:7-9 : 7 But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I am going away. For if I do not go away, the Advocate will not come to you, but if I go, I will send him to you. 8 And when he comes, he will prove the world wrong concerning sin and righteousness and judgment– 9 concerning sin, because they do not believe in me; 10 concerning righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you will see me no longer; 11 and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been condemned. 12 “I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. 13 But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. For he will not speak on his own authority, but will speak whatever he hears, and will tell you what is to come. 14 He will glorify me, because he will receive from me what is mine and will tell it to you.
  • Acts 1:8 : 8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the farthest parts of the earth.”
  • Luke 24:47-48 : 47 and repentance for the forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. 48 You are witnesses of these things.
  • John 7:39 : 39 (Now he said this about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were going to receive, for the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.)
  • Acts 2:32 : 32 This Jesus God raised up, and we are all witnesses of it.
  • Acts 2:38-39 : 38 Peter said to them,“Repent, and each one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 For the promise is for you and your children, and for all who are far away, as many as the Lord our God will call to himself.”
  • Acts 5:29 : 29 But Peter and the apostles replied,“We must obey God rather than people.
  • Acts 10:39-41 : 39 We are witnesses of all the things he did both in Judea and in Jerusalem. They killed him by hanging him on a tree, 40 but God raised him up on the third day and caused him to be seen, 41 not by all the people, but by us, the witnesses God had already chosen, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.
  • Acts 10:44 : 44 The Gentiles Receive the Holy Spirit While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all those who heard the message.
  • Acts 13:31 : 31 and for many days he appeared to those who had accompanied him from Galilee to Jerusalem. These are now his witnesses to the people.
  • Acts 15:28 : 28 For it seemed best to the Holy Spirit and to us not to place any greater burden on you than these necessary rules:
  • 2 Cor 13:1 : 1 Paul’s Third Visit to Corinth This is the third time I am coming to visit you. By the testimony of two or three witnesses every matter will be established.

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  • Heb 10:15
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    15And the Holy Spirit also witnesses to us, for after saying,

  • Acts 15:8
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    8And God, who knows the heart, has testified to them by giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us,

  • Acts 2:32-33
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    32This Jesus God raised up, and we are all witnesses of it.

    33So then, exalted to the right hand of God, and having received the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, he has poured out what you both see and hear.

  • Acts 22:15
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    15because you will be his witness to all people of what you have seen and heard.

  • Luke 24:48
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    48You are witnesses of these things.

  • Heb 2:4
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    4while God confirmed their witness with signs and wonders and various miracles and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will.

  • Acts 3:15
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    15You killed the Originator of life, whom God raised from the dead. To this fact we are witnesses!

  • 1 John 5:7-9
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    7For there are three that testify,

    8the Spirit and the water and the blood, and these three are in agreement.

    9If we accept the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater, because this is the testimony of God that he has testified concerning his Son.

  • Acts 10:39
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    39We are witnesses of all the things he did both in Judea and in Jerusalem. They killed him by hanging him on a tree,

  • Acts 4:19-20
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    19But Peter and John replied,“Whether it is right before God to obey you rather than God, you decide,

    20for it is impossible for us not to speak about what we have seen and heard.”

  • Acts 5:31
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    31God exalted him to his right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.

  • 1 Thess 2:10
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    10You are witnesses, and so is God, as to how holy and righteous and blameless our conduct was toward you who believe.

  • John 3:32-33
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    32He testifies about what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts his testimony.

    33The one who has accepted his testimony has confirmed clearly that God is truthful.

  • Acts 13:31
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    31and for many days he appeared to those who had accompanied him from Galilee to Jerusalem. These are now his witnesses to the people.

  • Acts 10:42-45
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    42He commanded us to preach to the people and to warn them that he is the one appointed by God as judge of the living and the dead.

    43About him all the prophets testify, that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.”

    44The Gentiles Receive the Holy Spirit While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all those who heard the message.

    45The circumcised believers who had accompanied Peter were greatly astonished that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles,

  • Acts 5:29
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    29But Peter and the apostles replied,“We must obey God rather than people.

  • John 3:11
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    11I tell you the solemn truth, we speak about what we know and testify about what we have seen, but you people do not accept our testimony.

  • Acts 10:47
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    47“No one can withhold the water for these people to be baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit just as we did, can he?”

  • John 5:32-33
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    32There is another who testifies about me, and I know the testimony he testifies about me is true.

    33You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth.

  • Acts 1:8
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    8But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the farthest parts of the earth.”

  • 1 John 4:13
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    13By this we know that we reside in God and he in us: in that he has given us of his Spirit.

  • Acts 1:2
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    2until the day he was taken up to heaven, after he had given orders by the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen.

  • Acts 8:17
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    17Then Peter and John placed their hands on the Samaritans, and they received the Holy Spirit.

  • Acts 4:8
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    8Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, replied,“Rulers of the people and elders,

  • Acts 1:5
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    5For John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”

  • 2 Cor 5:5
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    5Now the one who prepared us for this very purpose is God, who gave us the Spirit as a down payment.

  • Acts 2:22
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    22“Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus the Nazarene, a man clearly attested to you by God with powerful deeds, wonders, and miraculous signs that God performed among you through him, just as you yourselves know–

  • Acts 14:3
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    3So they stayed there for a considerable time, speaking out courageously for the Lord, who testified to the message of his grace, granting miraculous signs and wonders to be performed through their hands.

  • Acts 2:37-38
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    37The Response to Peter’s Address Now when they heard this, they were acutely distressed and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles,“What should we do, brothers?”

    38Peter said to them,“Repent, and each one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

  • Acts 11:15-17
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    15Then as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them just as he did on us at the beginning.

    16And I remembered the word of the Lord, as he used to say,‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’

    17Therefore if God gave them the same gift as he also gave us after believing in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to hinder God?”

  • Luke 22:71
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    71Then they said,“Why do we need further testimony? We have heard it ourselves from his own lips!”

  • 1 John 4:6
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    6We are from God; the person who knows God listens to us, but whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deceit.

  • 1 John 5:11
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    11And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

  • Acts 19:2
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    2and said to them,“Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” They replied,“No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”

  • 1 John 3:24
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    24And the person who keeps his commandments resides in God, and God in him. Now by this we know that God resides in us: by the Spirit he has given us.

  • Jer 42:5
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    5They answered Jeremiah,“May the LORD be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not do just as the LORD your God sends you to tell us to do.

  • 2 Cor 1:22
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    22who also sealed us and gave us the Spirit in our hearts as a down payment.

  • Rom 8:16
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    16The Spirit himself bears witness to our spirit that we are God’s children.