Acts 1:4

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

While he was still with them, he said: Don't leave Jerusalem yet. Wait here for the Father to give you the Holy Spirit, just as I told you he has promised to do.

Cross References

Matthew 10:20

But you will not really be the one speaking. The Spirit from your Father will tell you what to say.

Luke 11:13

As bad as you are, you still know how to give good gifts to your children. But your heavenly Father is even more ready to give the Holy Spirit to anyone who asks.

Luke 12:12

At that time the Holy Spirit will tell you what to say.

Luke 24:49

I will send you the one my Father has promised, but you must stay in the city until you are given power from heaven.

John 14:16

Then I will ask the Father to send you the Holy Spirit who will help you and always be with you.

John 15:26

I will send you the Spirit who comes from the Father and shows what is true. The Spirit will help you and will tell you about me.

John 20:22

Then he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.

John 7:39

Jesus was talking about the Holy Spirit, who would be given to everyone that had faith in him. The Spirit had not yet been given to anyone, since Jesus had not yet been given his full glory.

Acts 10:41

Not everyone saw him. He was seen only by us, who ate and drank with him after he was raised from death. We were the ones God chose to tell others about him.

Acts 2:33

Jesus was taken up to sit at the right side of God, and he was given the Holy Spirit, just as the Father had promised. Jesus is also the one who has given the Spirit to us, and that is what you are now seeing and hearing.