Acts 1:2

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Acts 1:1–4 · Berean Standard Bible

1 In my first book, O Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach,

2 until the day He was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles He had chosen.

3 After His suffering, He presented Himself to them with many convincing proofs that He was alive. He appeared to them over a span of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God.

4 And while they were gathered together, He commanded them: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift the Father promised, which you have heard Me discuss.

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Acts 1:9

After He had said this, they watched as He was taken up, and a cloud hid Him from their sight.

Mark 16:19

After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, He was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.

Luke 9:51

As the day of His ascension approached, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem.

Luke 24:51

While He was blessing them, He left them and was carried up into heaven.

John 6:62

Then what will happen if you see the Son of Man ascend to where He was before?

John 13:1

It was now just before the Passover Feast, and Jesus knew that His hour had come to leave this world and return to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the very end.

John 13:3

Jesus knew that the Father had delivered all things into His hands, and that He had come from God and was returning to God.

John 16:28

I came from the Father and entered the world. In turn, I will leave the world and go to the Father.”

John 17:13

But now I am coming to You; and I am saying these things while I am in the world, so that they may have My joy fulfilled within them.

John 20:17

“Do not cling to Me,” Jesus said, “for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go and tell My brothers, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God.’”

Ephesians 4:8

This is why it says: “When He ascended on high, He led captives away, and gave gifts to men.”

Ephesians 4:9

What does “He ascended” mean, except that He also descended to the lower parts of the earth?

Ephesians 4:10

He who descended is the very One who ascended above all the heavens, in order to fill all things.

1 Timothy 3:16

By common confession, the mystery of godliness is great: He appeared in the flesh, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was proclaimed among the nations, was believed in throughout the world, was taken up in glory.

Hebrews 6:19

We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain,

Hebrews 6:20

where Jesus our forerunner has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.

Hebrews 9:24

For Christ did not enter a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear on our behalf in the presence of God.

1 Peter 3:22

who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to Him.

Acts 10:38

how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.

Isaiah 11:2

The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him— the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the LORD.

Isaiah 11:3

And He will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what His eyes see, and He will not decide by what His ears hear,

Isaiah 42:1

“Here is My Servant, whom I uphold, My Chosen One, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will bring justice to the nations.

Isaiah 48:16

Come near to Me and listen to this: From the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time it happened, I was there.” And now the Lord GOD has sent me, accompanied by His Spirit.

Isaiah 59:20

“The Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who turn from transgression,” declares the LORD.

Isaiah 59:21

“As for Me, this is My covenant with them,” says the LORD. “My Spirit will not depart from you, and My words that I have put in your mouth will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and grandchildren, from now on and forevermore,” says the LORD.

Isaiah 61:1

The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,

Matthew 3:16

As soon as Jesus was baptized, He went up out of the water. Suddenly the heavens were opened, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and resting on Him.

Matthew 12:28

But if I drive out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

John 1:16

From His fullness we have all received grace upon grace.

John 3:34

For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.

Revelation 1:1

This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John,

Revelation 2:7

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to eat from the tree of life in the Paradise of God.

Revelation 2:11

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who overcomes will not be harmed by the second death.

Revelation 2:17

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will give the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone inscribed with a new name, known only to the one who receives it.

Revelation 2:29

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

Revelation 3:16

So because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to vomit you out of My mouth!

Revelation 3:13

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

Revelation 3:22

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”

Matthew 28:19

Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,

Mark 16:15

And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.

Mark 16:16

Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

Mark 16:17

And these signs will accompany those who believe: In My name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues;

Mark 16:18

they will pick up snakes with their hands, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not harm them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will be made well.”

Luke 24:45

Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.

Luke 24:46

And He told them, “This is what is written: The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day,

Luke 24:47

and in His name repentance and forgiveness of sins will be proclaimed to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem.

Luke 24:48

You are witnesses of these things.

Luke 24:49

And behold, I am sending the promise of My Father upon you. But remain in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.”

Acts 1:13

When they arrived, they went to the upper room where they were staying: Peter and John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James.

Acts 10:40

God raised Him up on the third day and caused Him to be seen—

Acts 10:41

not by all the people, but by the witnesses God had chosen beforehand, by us who ate and drank with Him after He rose from the dead.

Acts 10:42

And He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that He is the One appointed by God to judge the living and the dead.

Matthew 10:1

And calling His twelve disciples to Him, Jesus gave them authority over unclean spirits, so that they could drive them out and heal every disease and sickness.

Matthew 10:2

These are the names of the twelve apostles: first Simon, called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John;

Matthew 10:3

Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;

Matthew 10:4

Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Jesus.

Mark 3:14

He appointed twelve of them, whom He designated as apostles, to accompany Him, to be sent out to preach,

Mark 3:15

and to have authority to drive out demons.

Mark 3:16

These are the twelve He appointed: Simon (whom He named Peter),

Mark 3:17

James son of Zebedee and his brother John (whom He named Boanerges, meaning “Sons of Thunder”),

Mark 3:18

Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot,

Mark 3:19

and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Jesus.

Luke 6:13

When daylight came, He called His disciples to Him and chose twelve of them, whom He also designated as apostles:

Luke 6:14

Simon, whom He named Peter, and his brother Andrew; James and John; Philip and Bartholomew;

Luke 6:15

Matthew and Thomas; James son of Alphaeus and Simon called the Zealot;

Luke 6:16

Judas son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.

John 6:70

Jesus answered them, “Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!”

John 13:18

I am not speaking about all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the Scripture: ‘The one who shares My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.’

John 20:21

Again Jesus said to them, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me, so also I am sending you.”

Galatians 1:1

Paul, an apostle—sent not from men nor by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead—

Ephesians 2:20

built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.

2 Peter 3:2

by recalling what was foretold by the holy prophets and commanded by our Lord and Savior through your apostles.

Revelation 21:14

The wall of the city had twelve foundations bearing the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.