Acts 1:8

But you will receive ko'ach when the Ruach Hakodesh has come upon you, and you all will be the Eidus (the Witness) of me, in Yerushalayim, and in all Yehudah, and Shomron and as far as ad ketzeh ha'aretz.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

In Context

7But he said to them, It is not for you to have da'as of the itim (times) or moadim (seasons) which [Elohim] HaAv has set by His own samchut (authority). + 1:7 Dt 29:28; Ps 107:13

9And having said these things, while they were looking on, in an aliyah ascent to Shomayim, Moshiach was taken up; and an anan (cloud) took him away from their eyes.

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Cross References

Psalms 22:27The anavim (meek) shall eat and be satisfied; 1 they that seek Him shall praise Hashem. 1 Let your levav live forever! 1

Isaiah 42:10Sing unto Hashem a shir chadesh (new song), 1 and His tehillah from the ketzeh ha'aretz, 1 ye that go down to the yam, and all that is therein. 1 You iyim (islands), and the inhabitants thereof. 1

Isaiah 52:10Hashem hath made bare His zero'a kedoshah + 52:10 See Isa 53:1 1 in the eyes of Kol HaGoyim; 1 and all the ends of ha'aretz 1 shall see the Yeshu'at Eloheinu. 1

Jeremiah 16:19Hashem, my strength, and my ma'oz (fortress), 1 and my refuge in the yom tzarah, 1 the Goyim shall come unto Thee from the ends of the earth, 1 and shall say: Surely Avoteinu have inherited sheker, 1 hevel, and things wherein there is no profit. 1

Zechariah 4:6Then he answered and spoke unto me, saying, This is the Devar Hashem unto Zerubavel, saying: 1 Not by might, nor by ko'ach (power), 1 but by My Ruach, + 4:6 Hakodesh saith Hashem Tzva'os. 1

Matthew 28:19Go, therefore, make talmidim for Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach of all the nations, giving them a tevilah in a mikveh mayim in Hashem, in the Name of HaAv, and HaBen, and HaRuach Hakodesh,

Matthew Henry on Acts 1:7-12

Christ's Address to His Apostles; Christ's Ascension into Heaven. 6 When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? 7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power. 8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judæa, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the… Read the whole commentary →

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