But y’all will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you*. Y’all will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
But when they believed Philip as he proclaimed the good news of the Empire of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
So the church sent them on their way, and as they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, they told the stories of how the conversion of ethnic groups, bringing great joy to all the siblings.
The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs. The obedience of the peoples will be to him.
They said to the woman, “Now we believe not just because of what you said. Now we have heard for ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Savior of the world.”