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with me from the beginning." Jno. xv. 27. "Ye shall be witnesses |
unto me—unto the uttermost part of the earth." Acts, i. 8. |
Can we conceive a more plenary commission? What man was ever put on the same footing?
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"We are witnesses of all things which he did; 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." Acts, x. 39, 40-42. "This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses." Acts. ii. 32. "Ye killed the Prince of Life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses." Acts, iii. 15. "God raised him from the dead: and he was seen many days of them—who are his witnesses unto the people." Acts, xiii. 30, 31.
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"With great power gave the Apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus." Acts, iv. 33. again. "The Lord said,—he [Paul] is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel." Acts, ix. 15. "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." Acts, xxiii. 11. "I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles." Acts, xxii. 21. "I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness, both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee; delivering thee from the people and from the |
