John 15:27

15:27 and you also will testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.

John 21:14

21:14 This was now the third time Jesus was revealed to the disciples after he was raised from the dead.

Acts 1:22

1:22 beginning from his baptism by John until the day he ¹  was taken up from us – one of these must become a witness of his resurrection together with us.”

Acts 2:32

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

Acts 3:15

3:15 You killed ³  the Originator ⁴  of life, whom God raised ⁵  from the dead. To this fact we are witnesses! ⁶ 

Acts 5:32

5:32 And we are witnesses of these events, ⁷  and so is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey ⁸  him.”

Acts 10:41

10:41 not by all the people, but by us, the witnesses God had already chosen, ⁹  who ate and drank ¹⁰  with him after he rose from the dead.

Acts 10:1

Peter Visits Cornelius

10:1 Now there was a man in Caesarea ¹¹  named Cornelius, a centurion ¹²  of what was known as the Italian Cohort. ¹³ 

Acts 5:1

The Judgment on Ananias and Sapphira

5:1 Now a man named Ananias, together with Sapphira his wife, sold a piece of property.

¹ tn Here the pronoun “he” refers to Jesus.

² tn Or “of him”; Grk “of which [or whom] we are all witnesses” (Acts 1:8).

³ tn Or “You put to death.”

⁴ tn Or “Founder,” “founding Leader.”

⁵ sn Whom God raised. God is the main actor here, as he testifies to Jesus and vindicates him.

⁶ tn Grk “whom God raised from the dead, of which we are witnesses.” The two consecutive relative clauses make for awkward English style, so the second was begun as a new sentence with the words “to this fact” supplied in place of the Greek relative pronoun to make a complete sentence in English.

⁷ tn Or “things.” They are preaching these things even to the hostile leadership.

⁸ sn Those who obey. The implication, of course, is that the leadership is disobeying God.

⁹ tn Or “the witnesses God had previously chosen.” See Acts 1:8.

¹⁰ sn Ate and drank. See Luke 24:35-49.

¹¹ sn Caesarea was a city on the coast of Palestine south of Mount Carmel (not Caesarea Philippi). It was known as “Caesarea by the sea” (BDAG 499 s.v. Καισάρεια 2). Largely Gentile, it was a center of Roman administration and the location of many of Herod the Great’s building projects (Josephus, Ant. 15.9.6 [15.331-341]).

¹² sn A centurion was a noncommissioned officer in the Roman army or one of the auxiliary territorial armies, commanding a centuria of (nominally) 100 men. The responsibilities of centurions were broadly similar to modern junior officers, but there was a wide gap in social status between them and officers, and relatively few were promoted beyond the rank of senior centurion. The Roman troops stationed in Judea were auxiliaries, who would normally be rewarded with Roman citizenship after 25 years of service. Some of the centurions may have served originally in the Roman legions (regular army) and thus gained their citizenship at enlistment. Others may have inherited it, like Paul.

¹³ sn A cohort was a Roman military unit of about 600 soldiers, one-tenth of a legion (BDAG 936 s.v. σπεῖρα). The Italian Cohort has been identified as cohors II Italica which is known to have been stationed in Syria in a.d. 88.