Revelation 11:3
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3 And I will grant my two witnesses authority to prophesy for one thousand two hundred sixty days, wearing sackcloth.”(A)
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Revelation 12:6
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6 and the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, so that there she can be nourished for one thousand two hundred sixty days.(A)
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Revelation 11:2
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2 but do not measure the court outside the temple; leave that out, for it is given over to the nations, and they will trample over the holy city for forty-two months.(A)
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Revelation 13:5
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5 The beast was given a mouth speaking arrogant and blasphemous words, and it was allowed to exercise authority for forty-two months.(A)
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Deuteronomy 19:15
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Law concerning Witnesses
15 “A single witness shall not suffice to convict a person of any crime or wrongdoing in connection with any offense that may be committed. Only on the evidence of two or three witnesses shall a charge be sustained.(A)
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Acts 13:31
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31 and for many days he appeared to those who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, and they are now his witnesses to the people.(A)
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Acts 1:8
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8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”(A)
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Luke 24:48
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48 You are witnesses[a] of these things.(A)
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- 24.48 Or nations. Beginning from Jerusalem
you are witnesses
Isaiah 22:12
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12 On that day the Lord God of hosts
called for weeping and mourning,
for baldness and putting on sackcloth,(A)
Genesis 37:34
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34 Then Jacob tore his garments and put sackcloth on his loins and mourned for his son many days.(A)
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2 Corinthians 13:1
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Further Warning
13 This is the third time I am coming to you. “Any charge must be sustained by the evidence of two or three witnesses.”(A)
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Acts 2:32
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32 “This Jesus God raised up, and of that all of us are witnesses.(A)
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John 15:27
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27 You also are to testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.(A)
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Matthew 18:16
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16 But if you are not listened to, take one or two others along with you, so that every word may be confirmed by the evidence of two or three witnesses.(A)
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Lamentations 2:10
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10 The elders of daughter Zion
sit on the ground in silence;
they have thrown dust on their heads;
they put on sackcloth;
the young women of Jerusalem
have bowed their heads to the ground.(A)
Job 16:15
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15 I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin
and have laid my strength in the dust.(A)
Esther 4:1-2
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Esther Agrees to Help the Jews
4 When Mordecai learned all that had been done, Mordecai tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and ashes and went through the city, wailing with a loud and bitter cry;(A) 2 he went up to the entrance of the king’s gate, for no one might enter the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth.
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1 Chronicles 21:16
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16 David looked up and saw the angel of the Lord standing between earth and heaven and in his hand a drawn sword stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell on their faces.(A)
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Numbers 11:26
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26 Two men remained in the camp, one named Eldad and the other named Medad, and the spirit rested on them; they were among those registered, but they had not gone out to the tent, so they prophesied in the camp.(A)
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Revelation 19:10
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10 Then I fell down at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, “You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers and sisters who hold the testimony of Jesus.[a] Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus[b] is the spirit of prophecy.”(A)
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Revelation 1:5
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5 and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth.
To him who loves us and freed[a] us from our sins by his blood
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- 1.5 Other ancient authorities read washed
Acts 3:15
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15 and you killed the author of life, whom God raised from the dead. To this we are witnesses.(A)
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Daniel 12:7
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7 The man clothed in linen, who was upstream, raised his right hand and his left hand toward heaven. And I heard him swear by the one who lives forever that it would be for a time, two times, and half a time[a] and that when the shattering of the power of the holy people comes to an end all these things would be accomplished.(A)
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- 12.7 Heb a time, times, and a half
Deuteronomy 17:6
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6 On the evidence of two or three witnesses the death sentence shall be executed; a person must not be put to death on the evidence of only one witness.(A)
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Revelation 20:4
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4 Then I saw thrones, and those seated on them were given authority to judge. I also saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony to Jesus[a] and for the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its brand on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ a thousand years.(A)
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- 20.4 Or for the testimony of Jesus
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