Acts 1:2

The Preface

¹ The first account I composed, Theophilus, about all that Jesus began to do and teach, ² until the day when He was taken up to heaven, after He had by the Holy Spirit given orders to the apostles whom He had chosen. ³ To these He also presented Himself alive after His suffering, by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking of the things concerning the kingdom of God.

Ascended to Heaven

He Was Taken Up

Holy Spirit

Through the Spirit

John 13:18

I do not speak of all of you. I know the ones I have chosen; but it is that the Scripture may be fulfilled, ‘He who eats My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.’

John 20:21

So Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you; as the Father has sent Me, I also send you.”

Acts 1:9

And after He had said these things, He was lifted up while they were looking on, and a cloud received Him out of their sight.

Acts 10:38

You know of Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed Him with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.

Isaiah 11:2-3

The 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 the fear of the Lord.

Isaiah 42:1

“Behold, My Servant, whom I uphold;
My chosen one in whom My soul delights.
I have put My Spirit upon Him;
He will bring forth justice to the nations.

Isaiah 48:16

“Come near to Me, listen to this:
From the first I have not spoken in secret,
From the time it took place, I was there.
And now the Lord God has sent Me, and His Spirit.”

Isaiah 59:20-21

“A Redeemer will come to Zion,
And to those who turn from transgression in Jacob,” declares the Lord.

Isaiah 61:1

The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me,
Because the Lord has anointed me
To bring good news to the afflicted;
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to captives
And freedom to prisoners;

Matthew 3:16

After being baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove and lighting on Him,

Matthew 10:1-4

Jesus summoned His twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every kind of disease and every kind of sickness.

Matthew 12:28

But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

Matthew 28:19-20

Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,

Mark 3:14-19

And He appointed twelve, so that they would be with Him and that He could send them out to preach,

Mark 6:30

The apostles *gathered together with Jesus; and they reported to Him all that they had done and taught.

Mark 16:15-19

And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.

Luke 6:13-16

And when day came, He called His disciples to Him and chose twelve of them, whom He also named as apostles:

Luke 9:51

When the days were approaching for His ascension, He was determined to go to Jerusalem;

Luke 24:45-49

Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures,

Luke 24:51

While He was blessing them, He parted from them and was carried up into heaven.

John 1:16

For of His fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace.

John 3:34

For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for He gives the Spirit without measure.

John 6:62

What then if you see the Son of Man ascending to where He was before?

John 6:70

Jesus answered them, “Did I Myself not choose you, the twelve, and yet one of you is a devil?”

John 13:1

Now before the Feast of the Passover, Jesus knowing that His hour had come that He would depart out of this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.

John 13:3

Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come forth from God and was going back to God,

John 16:28

I came forth from the Father and have come into the world; I am leaving the world again and going to the Father.”

John 17:13

But now I come to You; and these things I speak in the world so that they may have My joy made full in themselves.

John 20:17

Jesus *said to her, “Stop clinging to Me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, ‘I ascend to My Father and your Father, and My God and your God.’”

Acts 1:11

They also said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in just the same way as you have watched Him go into heaven.”

Acts 1:13

When they had entered the city, they went up to the upper room where they were staying; that is, Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of James.

Acts 10:40-42

God raised Him up on the third day and granted that He become visible,

Galatians 1:1

Paul, an apostle (not sent from men nor through the agency of man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead),

Ephesians 2:20

having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the corner stone,

Ephesians 4:8-10

Therefore it says,
“When He ascended on high,
He led captive a host of captives,
And He gave gifts to men.”

1 Timothy 3:16

By common confession, great is the mystery of godliness:
He who was revealed in the flesh,
Was vindicated in the Spirit,
Seen by angels,
Proclaimed among the nations,
Believed on in the world,
Taken up in glory.

Hebrews 6:19-20

This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and one which enters within the veil,

Hebrews 9:24

For Christ did not enter a holy place made with hands, a mere copy of the true one, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us;

1 Peter 3:22

who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, after angels and authorities and powers had been subjected to Him.

2 Peter 3:2

that you should remember the words spoken beforehand by the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior spoken by your apostles.

Revelation 1:1

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show to His bond-servants, the things which must soon take place; and He sent and communicated it by His angel to His bond-servant John,

Revelation 2:7

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will grant to eat of the tree of life which is in the Paradise of God.’

Revelation 2:11

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes will not be hurt by the second death.’

Revelation 2:17

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, to him I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and a new name written on the stone which no one knows but he who receives it.’

Revelation 2:29

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’

Revelation 3:13

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’

Revelation 3:16

So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of My mouth.

Revelation 3:22

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’”

Revelation 21:14

And the wall of the city had twelve foundation stones, and on them were the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.