How long have Jehovah's Witnesses been around?

Answer 1

The modern day organization of Jehovah's Witnesses has been around for about 130 years. Formerly known as "Bible Students" they formally adopted the name of Jehovah Witnesses in the 1930's. Jesus as well was a witness so they have been around long before...

According to The Watchtower 15th April 1970,

''When did Jehovah's witnesses get started?

In all fairness, Jehovah's witnesses believe that this question should be answered by giving the ancient and modern history of Jehovah's witnesses. Since Jehovah's witnesses are not a sect but are an association of men and women who put God's service first and line up with Bible principles, they are part of the group of witnesses that began with the first true witness of God, Abel-all of whom have looked to the righteous conditions of God's new order to come. It was Jehovah God who spoke of his people as witnesses, saying: "You are my witnesses, . . . and I am God." (Isa. 43:12) And it was Jehovah's Son, Christ Jesus, who said: "You will be witnesses of me . . . to the most distant part of the earth." It was the Apostle Paul who referred to Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Isaac and the prophets as "so great a cloud of witnesses." (Acts 1:8; Heb. chap. 11; 12:1) So witnesses of Jehovah existed all the way back to Abel.

In modern times Jehovah's witnesses began their activity in the early 1870's''