Acts 1:2

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

until he was taken up to heaven. But before he was taken up, he gave orders to the apostles he had chosen with the help of the Holy Spirit.

Cross References

Isaiah 42:1

Here is my servant! I have made him strong. He is my chosen one; I am pleased with him. I have given him my Spirit, and he will bring justice to the nations.

Isaiah 48:16

Come closer and listen! I have never kept secret the things I have said, and I was here before time began. By the power of his Spirit the LORD God has sent me

Isaiah 61:1

The Spirit of the LORD God has taken control of me! The LORD has chosen and sent me to tell the oppressed the good news, to heal the brokenhearted, and to announce freedom for prisoners and captives.

Matthew 12:28

But when I force out demons by the power of God's Spirit, it proves that God's kingdom has already come to you.

Matthew 3:16

So Jesus was baptized. And as soon as he came out of the water, the sky opened, and he saw the Spirit of God coming down on him like a dove.

Mark 6:30

After the apostles returned to Jesus, they told him everything they had done and taught.

Luke 24:51

As he was doing this, he left and was taken up to heaven.

Luke 9:51

Not long before it was time for Jesus to be taken up to heaven, he made up his mind to go to Jerusalem.

John 1:16

Because of all that the Son is, we have been given one blessing after another.

John 13:1

It was before Passover, and Jesus knew that the time had come for him to leave this world and to return to the Father. He had always loved his followers in this world, and he loved them to the very end.

John 13:18

I am not talking about all of you. I know the ones I have chosen. But what the Scriptures say must come true. And they say, “The man who ate with me has turned against me!”

John 13:3

Jesus knew that he had come from God and would go back to God. He also knew that the Father had given him complete power.

John 16:28

I came from the Father into the world, but I am leaving the world and returning to the Father.

John 17:13

I am on my way to you. But I say these things while I am still in the world, so that my followers will have the same complete joy that I do.

John 20:17

Jesus told her, “Don't hold on to me! I have not yet gone to the Father. But tell my disciples that I am going to the one who is my Father and my God, as well as your Father and your God.”

John 20:21

After Jesus had greeted them again, he said, “I am sending you, just as the Father has sent me.”

John 3:34

The Son was sent to speak God's message, and he has been given the full power of God's Spirit.

John 6:62

What if you should see the Son of Man go up to heaven where he came from?

John 6:70

Jesus told his disciples, “I chose all twelve of you, but one of you is a demon!”

Acts 1:11

They said, “Why are you men from Galilee standing here and looking up into the sky? Jesus has been taken to heaven. But he will come back in the same way that you have seen him go.”

Acts 1:9

After Jesus had said this and while they were watching, he was taken up into a cloud. They could not see him,

Acts 10:38

God gave the Holy Spirit and power to Jesus from Nazareth. He was with Jesus, as he went around doing good and healing everyone who was under the power of the devil.

Galatians 1:1

From the apostle Paul and from all the Lord's followers with me. I was chosen to be an apostle by Jesus Christ and by God the Father, who raised him from death. No mere human chose or appointed me to this work. To the churches in Galatia.

Ephesians 2:20

You are like a building with the apostles and prophets as the foundation and with Christ as the most important stone.

1 Timothy 3:16

Here is the great mystery of our religion: Christ came as a human. The Spirit proved that he pleased God, and he was seen by angels. Christ was preached to the nations. People in this world put their faith in him, and he was taken up to glory.

Hebrews 9:24

This is why Christ did not go into a tent that had been made by humans and was only a copy of the real one. Instead, he went into heaven and is now there with God to help us.

1 Peter 3:22

Christ is now in heaven, where he sits at the right side of God. All angels, authorities, and powers are under his control.

2 Peter 3:2

what God's prophets said would happen. You must never forget what the holy prophets taught in the past. And you must remember what the apostles told you our Lord and Saviour has commanded us to do.

Revelation 1:1

This is what God showed to Jesus Christ, so that he could tell his servants what must happen soon. Christ then sent his angel with the message to his servant John.

Revelation 2:11

If you have ears, listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. Whoever wins the victory will not be hurt by the second death.

Revelation 2:17

If you have ears, listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. To everyone who wins the victory, I will give some of the hidden food. I will also give each one a white stone with a new name written on it. No one will know that name except the one who is given the stone.

Revelation 2:29

If you have ears, listen to what the Spirit says to the churches.

Revelation 2:7

If you have ears, listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. I will let everyone who wins the victory eat from the life-giving tree in God's wonderful garden.

Revelation 21:14

The city was built on twelve foundation stones. On each of the stones was written the name of one of the Lamb's twelve apostles.

Revelation 3:13

If you have ears, listen to what the Spirit says to the churches.

Revelation 3:16

But since you are lukewarm and neither cold nor hot, I will spit you out of my mouth.

Revelation 3:22

If you have ears, listen to what the Spirit says to the churches.