1 John 1:1

New American Bible - revised edition

What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we looked upon and touched with our hands concerns the Word of life—

Cross References

Isaiah 41:4

Who has performed these deeds? Who has called forth the generations from the beginning? I, the Lord, am the first, and at the last I am he.

Micah 5:2

Therefore the Lord will give them up, until the time when she who is to give birth has borne, Then the rest of his kindred shall return to the children of Israel.

Luke 1:2

just as those who were eyewitnesses from the beginning and ministers of the word have handed them down to us,

Luke 24:39

Look at my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Touch me and see, because a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you can see I have.”

John 19:35

An eyewitness has testified, and his testimony is true; he knows that he is speaking the truth, so that you also may [come to] believe.

John 20:27

Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and see my hands, and bring your hand and put it into my side, and do not be unbelieving, but believe.”

John 5:26

For just as the Father has life in himself, so also he gave to his Son the possession of life in himself.

John 8:58

Jesus said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, before Abraham came to be, I AM.”

Acts 1:3

He presented himself alive to them by many proofs after he had suffered, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God.

Acts 4:20

It is impossible for us not to speak about what we have seen and heard.”

Hebrews 2:3

how shall we escape if we ignore so great a salvation? Announced originally through the Lord, it was confirmed for us by those who had heard.

1 John 4:14

Moreover, we have seen and testify that the Father sent his Son as savior of the world.

1 John 5:7

So there are three that testify,

Revelation 1:11

which said, “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”

Revelation 1:8

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “the one who is and who was and who is to come, the almighty.” The First Vision.

Revelation 19:13

He wore a cloak that had been dipped in blood, and his name was called the Word of God.

Revelation 2:8

“To the angel of the church in Smyrna, write this: “‘The first and the last, who once died but came to life, says this: