Acts 1:2

Luke summarizes events up to Jesus' ascension, noting He gave commands to His chosen apostles through the Holy Spirit. It stresses divine continuity from Jesus to His apostles.

Cross-references · 40

• Acts 1:9After He had said this, they watched as He was taken up, and a cloud hid Him from their sight.
• Heb 9:24For Christ did not enter a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear on our behalf in the presence of God.
• John 20:21Again Jesus said to them, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me, so also I am sending you.”
• Acts 10:38how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.
• Isa 59:20–21“The Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who turn from transgression,” declares the LORD.
• John 13:18I am not speaking about all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the Scripture: ‘The one who shares My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.’
• Eph 4:8–10This is why it says: “When He ascended on high, He led captives away, and gave gifts to men.”
• Matt 28:19–20Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,
• Luke 24:45–49Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.
• Isa 48:16Come near to Me and listen to this: From the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time it happened, I was there.” And now the Lord GOD has sent me, accompanied by His Spirit.
• John 13:3Jesus knew that the Father had delivered all things into His hands, and that He had come from God and was returning to God.
• Acts 10:40–42God raised Him up on the third day and caused Him to be seen—
• Isa 42:1“Here is My Servant, whom I uphold, My Chosen One, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will bring justice to the nations.
• Matt 10:1–4And calling His twelve disciples to Him, Jesus gave them authority over unclean spirits, so that they could drive them out and heal every disease and sickness.
• 1 Tim 3:16By common confession, the mystery of godliness is great: He appeared in the flesh, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was proclaimed among the nations, was believed in throughout the world, was taken up in glory.
• 2 Pet 3:2by recalling what was foretold by the holy prophets and commanded by our Lord and Savior through your apostles.
• Mark 3:14–19He appointed twelve of them, whom He designated as apostles, to accompany Him, to be sent out to preach,
• Isa 11:2–3The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him—the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the LORD.
• Rev 2:7He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to eat from the tree of life in the Paradise of God.
• Luke 24:51While He was blessing them, He left them and was carried up into heaven.
• Acts 1:11“Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen Him go into heaven.”
• John 20:17“Do not cling to Me,” Jesus said, “for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go and tell My brothers, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God.’”
• Heb 6:19–20We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain,
• Rev 3:16So because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to vomit you out of My mouth!
• John 6:70Jesus answered them, “Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!”
• 1 Pet 3:22who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to Him.
• Luke 9:51As the day of His ascension approached, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem.
• Eph 2:20built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.
• John 13:1It was now just before the Passover Feast, and Jesus knew that His hour had come to leave this world and return to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the very end.
• Matt 12:28But if I drive out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
• Isa 61:1The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,
• John 1:16From His fullness we have all received grace upon grace.
• John 17:13But now I am coming to You; and I am saying these things while I am in the world, so that they may have My joy fulfilled within them.
• Rev 2:11He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who overcomes will not be harmed by the second death.
• Rev 2:29He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
• Mark 6:30Meanwhile, the apostles gathered around Jesus and brought Him news of all they had done and taught.
• John 6:62Then what will happen if you see the Son of Man ascend to where He was before?
• John 3:34For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.
• Luke 6:13–16When daylight came, He called His disciples to Him and chose twelve of them, whom He also designated as apostles:
• John 16:28I came from the Father and entered the world. In turn, I will leave the world and go to the Father.”

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