KJV 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.
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Acts 1:8
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 Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
WEB World English Bible
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth.”
ASV American Standard Version
But ye shall receive power, when the Holy Spirit is come upon you: and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judæa and Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
but ye shall receive power at the coming of the Holy Spirit upon you, and ye shall be witnesses to me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and unto the end of the earth.’
Surrounding context — Acts 1
5 For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.
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 Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
9 And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.
10 And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;
11 Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ἀλλὰG235 · allabutλήμψεσθεG2983 · lambanōto takeδύναμινG1411 · dunamispowerἐπελθόντοςG1904 · eperchomaito arrive/invadeτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoἁγίουG40 · hagiosholyπνεύματοςG4151 · pneumaspirit/breath: spiritἐφ᾽G1909 · epiupon/to/againstὑμᾶςG4771 · suyouκαὶG2532 · kaiandἔσεσθέG1510 · eimito beμουG3165 · memeμάρτυρεςG3144 · martuswitnessἔνG1722 · enin/on/amongτεG5037 · teand/bothἸερουσαλὴμG2419 · HierousalēmJerusalemκαὶG2532 · kaiandἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongπάσῃG3956 · pasallτῇG3588 · hothe/this/whoἸουδαίᾳG2449 · IoudaiaJudeaκαὶG2532 · kaiandΣαμαρείᾳG4540 · SamareiaSamariaκαὶG2532 · kaiandἕωςG2193 · heōsuntilἐσχάτουG2078 · eschatoslast/leastτῆςG3588 · hothe/this/whoγῆς.G1093 · gēearth: planet
Cross-references
Matthew 28:19Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:Mark 16:15And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.Romans 15:19Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.Acts 4:33And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.Acts 5:32And we are his witnesses of these things; and [so is] also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.Acts 6:8And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.Luke 24:46-49And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:Acts 10:38-41How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.Acts 2:1-4And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.Romans 10:18But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.John 15:27And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.Luke 10:19Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.Acts 1:5For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.Matthew 24:14And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.Zechariah 4:6Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This [is] the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.Acts 2:32This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.Acts 8:5-25Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them.Acts 22:15For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard.
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