Luke 24:48
And ye are witnesses of these things.
Cross-reference
Luke 1:2 mentions eyewitnesses and ministers of the word — the very role Jesus assigns here.
Acts 5:32 adds the Holy Spirit as a co‑witness with the apostles, confirming the testimony.
1 John 1:3 continues: they proclaim what they saw and heard for fellowship — the purpose of witness.
1 John 1:2 declares the apostles have seen and testify to eternal life — directly echoing the eyewitness role from Luke.
Acts 22:15 commissions Paul: 'you will be his witness to everyone of what you have seen and heard.'
Acts 13:31 states that those who came with Jesus from Galilee are now his witnesses to the people.
Acts 10:41 emphasizes the apostles as chosen witnesses who ate and drank with the risen Jesus.
Acts 10:39 records Peter's testimony to Cornelius: 'we are witnesses of all he did in Judea and Jerusalem.'
Acts 4:33 describes the apostles giving their testimony with great power, embodying the witness role.
Acts 3:15 repeats 'we are witnesses' — Peter and John testify to the healed man about Jesus' resurrection.
Acts 2:32 declares Peter's public testimony: 'we all are witnesses' of Jesus' resurrection, fulfilling the call.
Acts 1:22 requires a witness to the resurrection — establishing the qualification for Matthias to replace Judas.
Acts 1:8 expands this commission, adding the Holy Spirit's power and a global scope for the witness mandate.
John 15:27 commands the disciples to testify because they were with Jesus from the beginning — matching the 'witnesses' identity in this verse.
Matthew 28:19 gives the Great Commission to make disciples — parallel command to go and witness to all nations.
Acts 10:42 has Peter recalling the command to preach and testify — direct fulfillment of this commissioning.
1 Peter 5:1 Peter calls himself a witness of Christ's sufferings — the same testimony role from Luke.
Mark 16:15 commands proclaiming the gospel to all creation — same Great Commission as in Luke.
Hebrews 2:3 notes that the salvation was attested by those who heard — the same eyewitnesses Jesus commissions here.