Acts 1:8

New Century Version

But when the Holy Spirit comes to you, you will receive power. You will be my witnesses—in Jerusalem, in all of Judea, in Samaria, and in every part of the world.”

Cross References

Psalm 22:27

People everywhere will remember and will turn to the Lord. All the families of the nations will worship him

Psalm 98:3

He has remembered his love and his loyalty to the people of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen God’s power to save.

Isaiah 42:10

Sing a new song to the Lord; sing his praise everywhere on the earth. Praise him, you people who sail on the seas and you animals who live in them. Praise him, you people living in faraway places.

Isaiah 49:6

Now he told me, “You are an important servant to me to bring back the tribes of Jacob, to bring back the people of Israel who are left alive. But, more importantly, I will make you a light for all nations to show people all over the world the way to be saved.”

Isaiah 52:10

The Lord will show his holy power to all the nations. Then everyone on earth will see the salvation of our God.

Isaiah 66:19

“I will put a mark on some of the people, and I will send some of these saved people to the nations: to Tarshish, Libya, Lud (the land of archers), Tubal, Greece, and all the faraway lands. These people have never heard about what I have done nor seen my glory. So the saved people will tell the nations about my glory.

Jeremiah 16:19

Lord, you are my strength and my protection, my safe place in times of trouble. The nations will come to you from all over the world and say, “Our ancestors had only false gods, useless idols that didn’t help them.

Micah 3:8

But I am filled with power, with the Spirit of the Lord, and with justice and strength, to tell the people of Jacob how they have turned against God, and the people of Israel how they have sinned.

Zechariah 4:6

Then he told me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘You will not succeed by your own strength or by your own power, but by my Spirit,’ says the Lord All-Powerful.

Matthew 24:14

The Good News about God’s kingdom will be preached in all the world, to every nation. Then the end will come.

Matthew 28:19

So go and make followers of all people in the world. Baptize them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Mark 16:15

Jesus said to his followers, “Go everywhere in the world, and tell the Good News to everyone.

Luke 1:35

The angel said to Mary, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will cover you. For this reason the baby will be holy and will be called the Son of God.

Luke 10:19

Listen, I have given you power to walk on snakes and scorpions, power that is greater than the enemy has. So nothing will hurt you.

Luke 24:29

But they begged him, “Stay with us, because it is late; it is almost night.” So he went in to stay with them.

John 15:27

and you also must tell people about me, because you have been with me from the beginning.

Acts 1:5

John baptized people with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”

Acts 13:31

After this, for many days, those who had gone with Jesus from Galilee to Jerusalem saw him. They are now his witnesses to the people.

Acts 2:32

So Jesus is the One whom God raised from the dead. And we are all witnesses to this.

Acts 22:15

You will be his witness to all people, telling them about what you have seen and heard.

Acts 3:15

And so you killed the One who gives life, but God raised him from the dead. We are witnesses to this.

Acts 4:33

With great power the apostles were telling people that the Lord Jesus was truly raised from the dead. And God blessed all the believers very much.

Acts 5:32

We saw all these things happen. The Holy Spirit, whom God has given to all who obey him, also proves these things are true.”

Acts 6:8

Stephen was richly blessed by God who gave him the power to do great miracles and signs among the people.

Acts 8:1

Saul agreed that the killing of Stephen was good. On that day the church of Jerusalem began to be persecuted, and all the believers, except the apostles, were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria.

Romans 10:18

But I ask: Didn’t people hear the Good News? Yes, they heard—as the Scripture says: “Their message went out through all the world; their words go everywhere on earth.”

Romans 15:19

because of the power of miracles and the great things they saw, and because of the power of the Holy Spirit. I preached the Good News from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, and so I have finished that part of my work.

Colossians 1:23

This will happen if you continue strong and sure in your faith. You must not be moved away from the hope brought to you by the Good News that you heard. That same Good News has been told to everyone in the world, and I, Paul, help in preaching that Good News.