Peter testified: “No, it was not by following artfully contrived false stories that we acquainted you with the power and presence of our Lord Jesus Christ, but it was by having become eyewitnesses of his magnificence. ” ​ — 1 Timothy 6: 20, 21; 2 Peter 1: 16.
كما اوضح بطرس :‏ « نحن عرَّفناكم بقدرة ربنا يسوع المسيح وحضوره ،‏ لا باتباعنا قصصا باطلة مختلقة بدهاء ،‏ بل بصيرورتنا شهود عيان لعظمته » .‏ —‏ ١ تيموثاوس ٦ :‏ ​ ٢٠ ،‏ ٢١ ؛‏ ٢ بطرس ١ :‏ ١٦‏ .‏