Acts 1:8

Jesus promises Spirit-given power so they will be His witnesses from Jerusalem to the ends of the earth. This verse outlines the program of the entire book of Acts.

Cross-references · 34

• Matt 28:19Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,
• Mark 16:15And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.
• Rom 15:19by the power of signs and wonders, and by the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.
• Acts 4:33With great power the apostles continued to give their testimony about the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And abundant grace was upon them all.
• Acts 5:32We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him.”
• Acts 6:8Now Stephen, who was full of grace and power, was performing great wonders and signs among the people.
• Luke 24:46–49And He told them, “This is what is written: The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day,
• Acts 10:38–41how 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.
• Acts 2:1–4When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place.
• Rom 10:18But I ask, did they not hear? Indeed they did: “Their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.”
• John 15:27And you also must testify, because you have been with Me from the beginning.
• Luke 10:19Behold, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will harm you.
• Acts 1:5For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”
• Matt 24:14And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
• Zech 4:6So he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the LORD of Hosts.
• Acts 2:32God has raised this Jesus to life, to which we are all witnesses.
• Acts 8:5–25Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Christ to them.
• Luke 1:35The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the Holy One to be born will be called the Son of God.
• Acts 22:15You will be His witness to everyone of what you have seen and heard.
• Mic 3:8As for me, however, I am filled with power by the Spirit of the LORD, with justice and courage, to declare to Jacob his transgression and to Israel his sin.
• Ps 22:27All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him.
• Acts 13:31and for many days He was seen by those who had accompanied Him from Galilee to Jerusalem. They are now His witnesses to our people.
• Isa 52:10The LORD has bared His holy arm in the sight of all the nations; all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God.
• Acts 3:15You killed the Author of life, but God raised Him from the dead, and we are witnesses of the fact.
• Col 1:23if indeed you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope of the gospel you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.
• Acts 1:22beginning from John’s baptism until the day Jesus was taken up from us. For one of these must become a witness with us of His resurrection.”
• Isa 66:19I will establish a sign among them, and I will send survivors from among them to the nations—to Tarshish, Put, and the archers of Lud; to Tubal, Javan, and the islands far away who have not heard of My fame or seen My glory. So they will proclaim My glory among the nations.
• Isa 49:6He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the earth.”
• Acts 8:1And Saul was there, giving approval to Stephen’s death. On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria.
• Rev 11:3–6And I will empower my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.”
• Luke 24:29But they pleaded with Him, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening and the day is almost over.” So He went in to stay with them.
• Ps 98:3He has remembered His love and faithfulness to the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
• Jer 16:19O LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of distress, the nations will come to You from the ends of the earth, and they will say, “Our fathers inherited nothing but lies, worthless idols of no benefit at all.
• Isa 42:10Sing to the LORD a new song—His praise from the ends of the earth—you who go down to the sea, and all that is in it, you islands, and all who dwell in them.

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