Overview
The Bible addresses witness of the holy spirit across 26 verses, drawn from both the Old and New Testaments. These passages cluster most in 1 John, Acts and John. Closely related themes include Zeal, Religious, Trinity, The Holy, Holy Spirit and Vision. Figures whose stories touch this theme include Paul and Jesus.
Key Bible verses about witness of the holy spirit
New Testament
John
And John bare record, saying I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.
And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.
But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:
Acts
Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.
Long time therefore abode they speaking boldly in the Lord, which gave testimony unto the word of his grace, and granted signs and wonders to be done by their hands.
And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;
And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers,
Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive:
For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
Romans
Hebrews
God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will? gifts: or, distributions
For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.
Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before,
1 John
And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.
Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.
For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
And there are three that bear witness in earth, the spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.
If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.
He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.
And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
People in the Bible and witness of the holy spirit
Biblical figures whose stories intersect with this theme.
In the Bible dictionary
Studying witness of the holy spirit for yourself
- Begin with Nehemiah 9:30, then read the passages below in canonical order.
- Compare how 1 John, Acts and John each treat the theme.
- Consider the lives of Paul and Jesus and how their stories intersect with it.
- Widen the study to related themes: Zeal, Religious, Trinity, The Holy, Holy Spirit and Vision.
Frequently asked questions
What does the Bible say about witness of the holy spirit?
The Bible addresses witness of the holy spirit across 26 verses, drawn from both the Old and New Testaments. These passages cluster most in 1 John, Acts and John. Closely related themes include Zeal, Religious, Trinity, The Holy, Holy Spirit and Vision. Figures whose stories touch this theme include Paul and Jesus.
How many Bible verses are about witness of the holy spirit?
The Bible references witness of the holy spirit in 26 verses (King James Version).
Where does the Bible first mention witness of the holy spirit?
In canonical order, the first of these passages is Nehemiah 9:30: “Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands. forbear: Heb. protract over them in thy: Heb. in the hand of thy prophets”
Which people in the Bible are associated with witness of the holy spirit?
Paul and Jesus.
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