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Acts 1:8: Devotionals and Reflections

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth.”

Acts 1:8World English Bible

Jesus connects his followers’ witness to the power of the Holy Spirit and names a horizon beyond familiar places. We can take that calling seriously without making ourselves the center of it.

Devotionals connected to this passage

  • Acts 1:8

    Power for Witness

    Jesus places power before witness in this sentence. The people addressed are not asked to produce their own strength and then carry a message outward. They are told that the Holy Spirit will come upon

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