Acts 1:8-8

The Ascension

8 But you will receive n power o when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and p you will be q my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and r Samaria, and s to the end of the earth."

  1. Cross References
    Acts 4:33
    And with great power the apostles were giving their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all.
    Luke 24:49
    And behold, I am sending the promise of my Father upon you. But stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.
    1 Thessalonians 1:5
    Because our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction. You know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake.
    Acts 10:38
    How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.
    Luke 4:14
    And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and a report about him went out through all the surrounding country.
  2. Cross References
    Acts 1:5
    For John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.
  3. Cross References
    Acts 1:22
    Beginning from the baptism of John until the day when he was taken up from us - one of these men must become with us a witness to his resurrection.
    Luke 24:48
    You are witnesses of these things.
  4. Cross References
    Isaiah 43:12
    I declared and saved and proclaimed, when there was no strange god among you; and you are my witnesses," declares the Lord, "and I am God.
  5. Cross References
    Acts 8:1
    And Saul approved of his execution. And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.
    Acts 8:14
    Now when the apostles at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent to them Peter and John.
    Matthew 10:5
    These twelve Jesus sent out, instructing them, "Go nowhere among the Gentiles and enter no town of the Samaritans.
  6. Cross References
    Acts 13:47
    For so the Lord has commanded us, saying, "'I have made you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.'
    Mark 16:15
    And he said to them, "Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.
    Colossians 1:23
    If indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister.
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