Sentences with phrase «testify at first hand»
The Man Who Broke into Auschwitz is the extraordinary story of a British soldier who marched willingly into the concentration camp known as Auschwitz III, to testify at first hand the atrocities occurring in the camp.
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Recall the opening words of the First Epistle of John: «We declare to you what was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and touched with our hands, concerning the word of life» this life was revealed, and we have seen it and testify to it, and declare to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us...» First John states the primal truth that Christian faith rests on witness to what has happened in history, hence the honored place of the martyrs (witnesses) in Christian memory.
An attorney who served as outside counsel to the Town of Oyster Bay when it first guaranteed a loan for restaurateur Harendra Singh testified Wednesday that he witnessed Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano put his hand on Singh's shoulder at a crucial April 2010 meeting on the deal and tell the room, «Let's get this thing done.»
You see, the ONLY people who are allowed to testify at trial are the witnesses who have a first hand account of what happened.