Popular Bible Verses from The Acts of the Apostles 1

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What will happen, though, is that you will receive power when the holy spirit comes upon you. Then you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judaea and Samaria, and to the very ends of the earth.”

“It’s not your business to know about times and dates,” he replied. “The father has placed all that under his own direct authority.

As they were having a meal together, he told them not to go away from Jerusalem, but to wait, as he put it, “for the father’s promise, which I was telling you about earlier. John baptized with water, you see; but in a few days from now you will be baptized with the holy spirit.”

He showed himself to them alive, after his suffering, by many proofs. He was seen by them for forty days, during which he spoke about God’s kingdom.

As Jesus said this, he was lifted up while they were watching, and a cloud took him out of their sight.

They were gazing into heaven as he disappeared. Then, lo and behold, two men appeared, dressed in white, standing beside them. “Galileans,” they said, “why are you standing here staring into heaven? This Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you saw him go into heaven.”