Eyewitnesses in the Bible

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Peter and many of the biblical authors were eyewitnesses. They saw with their own eyes, and they testified.

 

 

INTRODUCTION

 

People sometimes claim that the Bible is based on hearsay or legends passed down for decades.

However, the Bible tells us otherwise. Peter and many of the biblical authors were eyewitnesses. They saw with their own eyes, and they testified.

In other cases, the biblical author was an earwitness. They heard the voice of the LORD God.

Or in still other cases, the biblical author went straight to the witnesses. They interviewed the people who experienced the great biblical events. They ignored hearsay and legend.

 

BIBLE VERSES

 

Deuteronomy 5:24. and you said, “Behold, the LORD our God has shown us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the middle of the fire. We have seen today that God does speak with man, and he lives.

Deuteronomy 11:7. but your eyes have seen all of the LORD’s great work which he did.

Judges 2:7. The people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great work of the LORD that he had worked for Israel.

Luke 1:2. even as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word delivered them to us,

1 Corinthians 15:6. Then he appeared to over five hundred brothers at once, most of whom remain until now, but some have also fallen asleep.

1 Peter 5:1. Therefore I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and who will also share in the glory that will be revealed.

2 Peter 1:16. For we didn’t follow cunningly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

1 John 1:1. That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we saw, and our hands touched, concerning the Word of life,

 

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