Acts 1:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And when they were all together, with him, he gave them orders not to go away from Jerusalem, but to keep there, waiting till the word of the Father was put into effect, of which, he said, I have given you knowledge:

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  • Luke 24:49 : 49 And now I will send to you what my father has undertaken to give you, but do not go from the town, till the power from heaven comes to you.
  • John 14:16 : 16 And I will make prayer to the Father and he will give you another Helper to be with you for ever,
  • Acts 2:33 : 33 And so, being lifted up to the right hand of God, and having the Father's word that the Holy Spirit would come, he has sent this thing, which now you see and have knowledge of.
  • John 15:26 : 26 When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father even the Spirit of true knowledge who comes from the Father--he will give witness about me;
  • John 16:7-9 : 7 But what I am saying is true: my going is for your good: for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. 8 And he, when he comes, will make the world conscious of sin, and of righteousness, and of being judged: 9 Of sin, because they have not faith in me; 10 Of righteousness, because I go to the Father and you will see me no more; 11 Of being judged, because the ruler of this world has been judged. 12 I have still much to say to you, but you are not strong enough for it now. 13 However, when he, the Spirit of true knowledge, has come, he will be your guide into all true knowledge: for his words will not come from himself, but whatever has come to his hearing, that he will say: and he will make clear to you the things to come. 14 He will give me glory, because he will take of what is mine, and make it clear to you. 15 Everything which the Father has is mine: that is why I say, He will take of what is mine and will make it clear to you.
  • John 20:22 : 22 And when he had said this, breathing on them, he said to them, Let the Holy Spirit come on you:
  • John 14:26-28 : 26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will be your teacher in all things and will put you in mind of everything I have said to you. 27 May peace be with you; my peace I give to you: I give it not as the world gives. Let not your heart be troubled; let it be without fear. 28 Keep in mind how I said to you, I go away and come to you again. If you had love for me you would be glad, because I am going to the Father: for the Father is greater than I.
  • John 7:39 : 39 This he said of the Spirit which would be given to those who had faith in him: the Spirit had not been given then, because the glory of Jesus was still to come.
  • Matt 10:20 : 20 Because it is not you who say the words, but the Spirit of your Father in you.
  • Luke 11:13 : 13 If, then, you who are evil are able to give good things to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who make request to him?
  • Luke 12:12 : 12 For the Holy Spirit will make clear to you in that very hour what to say.
  • Luke 24:41-43 : 41 And because, for joy and wonder, they were still in doubt, he said to them, Have you any food here? 42 And they gave him a bit of cooked fish. 43 And before their eyes he took a meal.
  • Acts 10:41 : 41 Not by all the people, but by witnesses marked out before by God, even by us, who took food and drink with him after he came back from the dead.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Acts 1:5-13
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    5 For the baptism of John was with water, but you will have baptism with the Holy Spirit, after a little time.

    6 So, when they were together, they said to him, Lord, will you at this time give back the kingdom to Israel?

    7 And he said to them, It is not for you to have knowledge of the time and the order of events which the Father has kept in his control.

    8 But you will have power, when the Holy Spirit has come on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judaea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.

    9 And when he had said these things, while they were looking, he was taken up, and went from their view into a cloud.

    10 And while they were looking up to heaven with great attention, two men came to them, in white clothing,

    11 And said, O men of Galilee, why are you looking up into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken from you into heaven, will come again, in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.

    12 Then they went back to Jerusalem from the mountain named Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey away.

    13 And when they came in, they went up into the room where they were living; Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James, the son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas, the son of James.

  • Luke 24:48-51
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    48 You are witnesses of these things.

    49 And now I will send to you what my father has undertaken to give you, but do not go from the town, till the power from heaven comes to you.

    50 And he took them out till they were near Bethany, and lifting up his hands, he gave them a blessing.

    51 And while he was doing so, he went from them and was taken up into heaven.

  • Acts 1:2-3
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    2 Till the day when he was taken up to heaven after he had given his orders, through the Holy Spirit, to the Apostles of whom he had made selection:

    3 And to whom he gave clear and certain signs that he was living, after his death; for he was seen by them for forty days, and gave them teaching about the kingdom of God:

  • John 14:25-26
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    25 I have said all this to you while I am still with you.

    26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will be your teacher in all things and will put you in mind of everything I have said to you.

  • Acts 10:48
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    48 And he gave orders for them to have baptism in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they kept him with them for some days.

  • Acts 2:33
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    33 And so, being lifted up to the right hand of God, and having the Father's word that the Holy Spirit would come, he has sent this thing, which now you see and have knowledge of.

  • Acts 2:14
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    14 But Peter, getting up, with the eleven, said in a loud voice, O men of Judaea, and all you who are living in Jerusalem, take note of this and give ear to my words.

  • Acts 13:31
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    31 And for a number of days he was seen by those who came with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses before the people.

  • Acts 1:21-22
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    21 For this reason, of the men who have been with us all the time, while the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,

    22 Starting from the baptism of John till he went up from us, one will have to be a witness with us of his coming back from death.

  • Acts 14:28
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    28 And they were with the disciples there for a long time.

  • Acts 11:16
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    16 And the words of the Lord came into my mind, how he said, The baptism of John was with water, but you will have baptism with the Holy Spirit.

  • Acts 22:15
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    15 For you will be a witness for him to all men of what you have seen and of what has come to your ears.

  • Acts 2:1
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    1 And when the day of Pentecost was come, they were all together in one place.

  • Mark 16:19-20
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    19 So then the Lord Jesus, after he had said these words to them, was taken up into heaven and took his seat at the right hand of God.

    20 And they went out, preaching everywhere, the Lord working with them, and giving witness to the word by the signs which came after. So be it.

  • Mark 16:7
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    7 But go, say to his disciples and to Peter, He goes before you into Galilee: there you will see him, as he said to you.

  • Acts 8:15
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    15 Who, when they came there, made prayer for them, that the Holy Spirit might be given to them:

  • Acts 2:38
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    38 And Peter said, Let your hearts be changed, every one of you, and have baptism in the name of Jesus Christ, for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will have the Holy Spirit given to you.

  • 1 Cor 16:8
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    8 But I will be at Ephesus till Pentecost;

  • Acts 15:4
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    4 And when they came to Jerusalem, they had a meeting with the church and the Apostles and the rulers, and they gave an account of all the things which God had done through them.

  • John 14:16
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    16 And I will make prayer to the Father and he will give you another Helper to be with you for ever,

  • Mark 1:8
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    8 I have given you baptism with water, but he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit.

  • Acts 2:4
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    4 And they were all full of the Holy Spirit, and were talking in different languages, as the Spirit gave them power.

  • Acts 3:20
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    20 And that he may send the Christ who was marked out for you from the first, even Jesus:

  • John 14:18
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    18 I will not let you be without a friend: I am coming to you.

  • Acts 19:2
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    2 And he said to them, Did you get the Holy Spirit when you had faith? And they said to him, No, we have had no knowledge of the Holy Spirit.

  • Acts 4:31
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    31 And when their prayer was ended, the place where they were was violently moved, and they all became full of the Holy Spirit, preaching the word of God without fear.

  • John 20:22
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    22 And when he had said this, breathing on them, he said to them, Let the Holy Spirit come on you:

  • Luke 24:36
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    36 And while they were saying these things, he himself was among them, and said to them, Peace be with you!

  • Luke 24:33
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    33 And that very hour they got up and went back to Jerusalem, where the eleven and the others had come together.

  • John 16:4
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    4 I have said these things to you so that when the time comes, what I have said may come to your mind. I did not say them to you at the first, because then I was still with you.

  • John 15:26-27
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    26 When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father even the Spirit of true knowledge who comes from the Father--he will give witness about me;

    27 And you, in addition, will give witness because you have been with me from the first.

  • Mark 16:15
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    15 And he said to them, Go into all the world, and give the good news to everyone.

  • Acts 10:37
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    37 That word you yourselves have knowledge of, which was made public through all Judaea, starting from Galilee, after the baptism of which John was the preacher,

  • Matt 28:10
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    10 Then said Jesus to them, Have no fear: go and give word to my brothers to go into Galilee, and there they will see me.