Acts 1:8

and yet you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judaea and Samaria and to the remotest parts of the earth."

Weymouth NT (1912)

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

7"It is not for you," He replied, "to know times or epochs which the Father has reserved within His own authority;

9When He had said this, and while they were looking at Him, He was carried up, and a cloud closing beneath Him hid Him from their sight.

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Cross References

Matthew 28:19Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations; baptize them into the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit;

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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