Acts 1:4

Geneva Bible (1560)

And when he had gathered them together, he commaunded them, that they should not depart from Hierusalem, but to waite for the promise of the Father, which sayde hee, yee haue heard of me.

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  • Luke 24:49 : 49 And beholde, I doe sende the promes of my Father vpon you: but tary ye in the citie of Hierusalem, vntill ye be endued with power from an hie.
  • John 14:16 : 16 And I wil pray the Father, and he shal giue you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for euer,
  • Acts 2:33 : 33 Since then that he by the right hande of God hath bene exalted, and hath receiued of his Father the promise of the holy Ghost, hee hath shed foorth this which yee nowe see and heare.
  • John 15:26 : 26 But when that Comforter shall come, whom I will send vnto you from the Father, euen the Spirit of trueth, which proceedeth of the Father, he shall testifie of me.
  • John 16:7-9 : 7 Yet I tell you the trueth, It is expedient for you that I goe away: for if I goe not away, that Comforter will not come vnto you: but if I depart, I will send him vnto you. 8 And when he is come, he will reproue the worlde of sinne, and of righteousnesse, and of iudgement. 9 Of sinne, because they beleeued not in me: 10 Of righteousnesse, because I goe to my Father, and ye shall see me no more: 11 Of iudgement, because the prince of this world is iudged. 12 I haue yet many things to say vnto you, but ye cannot beare them nowe. 13 Howbeit, when he is come which is the Spirit of trueth, he will leade you into all trueth: for he shall not speake of himselfe, but whatsoeuer he shall heare, shall he speake, and he will shew you the things to come. 14 He shall glorifie me: for he shall receiue of mine, and shall shewe it vnto you. 15 All thinges that the Father hath, are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shewe it vnto you.
  • John 20:22 : 22 And when he had saide that, he breathed on them, and saide vnto them, Receiue the holy Ghost.
  • John 14:26-28 : 26 But the Comforter, which is the holy Ghost, whom the Father wil send in my Name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, which I haue tolde you. 27 Peace I leaue with you: my peace I giue vnto you: not as the worlde giueth, giue I vnto you. Let not your heart be troubled, nor feare. 28 Ye haue heard howe I saide vnto you, I goe away, and will come vnto you. If ye loued me, ye would verely reioyce, because I said, I goe vnto the Father: for the Father is greater then I.
  • John 7:39 : 39 ( This spake hee of the Spirite which they that beleeued in him, should receiue: for the holy Ghost was not yet giuen, because that Iesus was not yet glorified.)
  • Matt 10:20 : 20 For it is not yee that speake, but the spirite of your father which speaketh in you.
  • Luke 11:13 : 13 If yee then which are euill, can giue good giftes vnto your children, howe much more shall your heauenly Father giue the holy Ghost to them, that desire him?
  • Luke 12:12 : 12 For the holy Ghost shall teache you in the same houre, what yee ought to say.
  • Luke 24:41-43 : 41 And while they yet beleeued not for ioy, and wondred, he saide vnto them, Haue ye here any meate? 42 And they gaue him a piece of a broyled fish, and of an honie combe, 43 And hee tooke it, and did eate before them.
  • Acts 10:41 : 41 Not to all the people, but vnto the witnesses chosen before of God, euen to vs which did eate and drinke with him, after he arose from the dead.

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    5For Iohn in deede baptized with water, but ye shall be baptized with the holy Ghost within these fewe daies.

    6When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lorde, wilt thou at this time restore the kingdome to Israel?

    7And hee saide vnto them, It is not for you to know the times, or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his owne power,

    8But yee shall receiue power of the holy Ghost, when he shall come on you: and ye shalbe witnesses vnto me both in Hierusalem and in all Iudea, and in Samaria, and vnto the vttermost part of the earth.

    9And when he had spoken these things, while they behelde, he was taken vp: for a cloude tooke him vp out of their sight.

    10And while they looked stedfastly towarde heauen, as hee went, beholde, two men stoode by them in white apparell,

    11Which also sayde, Yee men of Galile, why stande yee gasing into heauen? This Iesus which is taken vp from you into heauen, shal so come, as yee haue seene him goe into heauen.

    12Then returned they vnto Hierusalem from the mount that is called the mount of Oliues, which is neere to Hierusalem, being from it a Sabbath daies iourney.

    13And when they were come in, they went vp into an vpper chamber, where abode both Peter and Iames, and Iohn, and Andrewe, Philip, and Thomas, Bartlemew, and Matthewe, Iames the sonne of Alpheus, and Simon Zelotes, and Iudas Iames brother.

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

    49And beholde, I doe sende the promes of my Father vpon you: but tary ye in the citie of Hierusalem, vntill ye be endued with power from an hie.

    50Afterward he lead them out into Bethania, and lift vp his hands, and blessed them.

    51And it came to passe, that as he blessed them, he departed from them, and was caried vp into heauen.

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    2Vntill the day that hee was taken vp, after that hee through the holy Ghost, had giuen commaundements vnto the Apostles, whome hee had chosen:

    3To whome also he presented himselfe aliue after that he had suffered, by many infallible tokens, being seene of them by the space of fourtie daies, and speaking of those thinges which appertaine to the kingdome of God.

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    25These things haue I spoken vnto you, being present with you.

    26But the Comforter, which is the holy Ghost, whom the Father wil send in my Name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, which I haue tolde you.

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    14But Peter standing with ye Eleuen, lift vp his voice, & said vnto them, Ye men of Iudea, and ye all that inhabite Hierusalem, be this knowen vnto you, and hearken vnto my woordes.

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    31And hee was seene many dayes of them, which came vp with him from Galile to Hierusalem, which are his witnesses vnto the people.

  • Acts 1:21-22
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    21Wherefore of these men which haue companied with vs, all the time that the Lorde Iesus was conuersant among vs,

    22Beginning from the baptisme of Iohn vnto the day that hee was taken vp from vs, must one of them bee made a witnesse with vs of his resurrection.

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  • Mark 16:19-20
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    19So after ye Lord had spoken vnto them, he was receiued into heauen, & sate at the right hand of God.

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    7But goe your way, and tell his disciples, and Peter, that he will goe before you into Galile: there shall ye see him, as he said vnto you.

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  • Acts 2:38
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    8Trueth it is, I haue baptized you with water: but he will baptize you with the holy Ghost.

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    20And he shall sende Iesus Christ, which before was preached vnto you,

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    18I will not leaue you fatherles: but I will come to you.

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  • John 20:22
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  • Luke 24:36
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    33And they rose vp the same houre, and returned to Hierusalem, and found the Eleuen gathered together, and them that were with them,

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  • John 15:26-27
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    26But when that Comforter shall come, whom I will send vnto you from the Father, euen the Spirit of trueth, which proceedeth of the Father, he shall testifie of me.

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