An early witness of the phenomenon was Ralph Bray, a young graduate student.

Weir himself survived with severe burns, which fit the profile given by earlier witnesses.

And the only early witnesses to the mayhem are invisible, anonymous.

Outside of the Syrian world, however, the book has many early witnesses, and appears to have been widely accepted.

And she contradicted some earlier witnesses, including her mother and a detective who played a major role in investigating the case.

In the 2000 case, a defense lawyer had described an earlier witness's testimony to a witness about to testify.

What is not proper, he said, is to recite, much less transmit wholesale the testimony of an earlier witness.

That was one of the most striking contradictions with what earlier witnesses had said.

He asked if she had had a lawyer monitor the testimony of earlier witnesses by attending many court sessions.

It is the earliest Greek witness with text of Luke 22:43-44.