And behold, I am sending the promise of My Father upon you. But remain in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.”
Parallel translations
- WEB Behold, I send out the promise of my Father on you. But wait in the city of Jerusalem until you are clothed with power from on high.”
- KJV And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.
- NKJV Behold, I send the Promise of My Father upon you; but tarry in the city of Jerusalem until you are endued with power from on high.”
- NASB And behold, I am sending the promise of My Father upon you; but you are to stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.”
- NLT “And now I will send the Holy Spirit, just as my Father promised. But stay here in the city until the Holy Spirit comes and fills you with power from heaven.”
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Quick answer
Jesus promises to send the Father's gift and tells them to wait in Jerusalem until clothed with power from on high. The mission requires the Holy Spirit's empowering.
Overview
Jesus pledges the promise of the Father, the Holy Spirit, and commands the disciples to wait in Jerusalem until they are clothed with power from on high. This anticipates Pentecost in Acts 2. The verse teaches that effective witness depends not on human ability but on the power the risen Christ supplies through his Spirit.
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- Acts 1:8But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
- Acts 1:4And while they were gathered together, He commanded them: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift the Father promised, which you have heard Me discuss.
- Joel 2:28–32And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.
- John 14:26But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have told you.
- Isa 32:15until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high. Then the desert will be an orchard, and the orchard will seem like a forest.
- John 14:16–17And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be with you forever—
- Isa 44:3–4For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.
- John 15:26When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father—He will testify about Me.
- Acts 2:1–21When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place.
- Isa 59:20–21“The Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who turn from transgression,” declares the LORD.
- John 16:7–16But I tell you the truth, it is for your benefit that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you.
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