Luke 24:48
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
And you are witnesses of these things.
American King James Version (AKJV)
And you are witnesses of these things.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Ye are witnesses of these things.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
You are witnesses of these things.
Webster's Revision
And ye are witnesses of these things.
World English Bible
You are witnesses of these things.
English Revised Version (ERV)
Ye are witnesses of these things.
Clarke's Luke 24:48 Bible Commentary
Ye are witnesses of these things - He gave them a full commission to proclaim these glad tidings of peace and salvation to a lost world. The disciples were witnesses not only that Christ had suffered and rose again from the dead; but also that he opens the understanding by the inspiration of his Spirit, that he gives repentance, that he pardons sin, and purifies from all unrighteousness, and that he is not willing that any should perish, but that all should come unto the knowledge of the truth and be saved. And these are the things of which their successors in the Gospel ministry must bear witness. As far as a man steadily and affectionately proclaims these doctrines, so far God will bless his labor to the salvation of those who hear him. But no man can with any propriety bear witness of that grace that saves the soul, whose own soul is not saved by that grace.
Barnes's Luke 24:48 Bible Commentary
Are witnesses of these things - Of my life, my sufferings, my death, and my resurrection. How solemn was their office - to "testify" these things to the world, and, in the face of suffering and death, to go and proclaim them to all nations! In like manner, "all" Christians are witnesses for Christ. They are the "evidences" of his mercy and his love, and they should so live that others may be brought to see and love the Saviour.