37 Bible Verses about ghosts
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wherefore I give you to understand, that no man who has the spirit of God, can pronounce Jesus anathema: and that no man can acknowledge Jesus to be the Lord, but by the holy spirit.
but they were in a consternation and fright, imagining, that they saw a spirit.
wherefore I declare to you, all manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven men; but blaspheming the holy Spirit
behold my hands, and my feet. for I am bodily present, touch me and consider me; for a spirit has not flesh and bones, as you see me have:
the disciples seeing him walking on the sea, cry'd out in a fright, an apparition; and they scream'd for fear.
for the gospel dispensation does not consist in meats and drinks, but in piety and peace, and spiritual joy.
Now the manner of Christ's birth was this: his mother Mary being promised in marriage to Joseph, before they came together, she became pregnant by the holy Spirit.
There are three witnesses in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three testify the same thing.
the angel answered her, "the holy spirit shall descend upon thee, and the power of the most high shall over-shadow thee: wherefore thy holy offspring shall be called the son of God.
but you, my brethren, improve yourselves in your most holy faith, present your addresses by the holy spirit,
did you receive the holy spirit, when you made profession of your faith? they answer'd, we have not so much as heard of a holy spirit.
Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope through the power of the holy spirit.
and Jesus cryed with a loud voice, saying, father, into thy hands I commend my spirit; and in pronouncing these words, he expired.
what! know ye not that your bodies are the temple of the holy spirit, which is in you, which you have from God, and that you are not your own?
when Simon saw that the holy spirit was given by imposition of the hands of the apostles, he offered them money, saying,
and they were all filled with the holy ghost, and began to speak in different languages, as the spirit gave them utterance.
from the prophet's OWN MOTION; but the holy men of God spoke by the IMPULSE of the holy spirit.
the favour of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communication of the Holy Spirit, be with you all. amen.
to be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, officiating the gospel of God, that the Gentiles might be made an acceptable offering, being sanctified by the holy spirit.
and we are his witnesses in what we say, and so is the holy spirit, whom God hath given to those that obey him.
he shall appear as a divine messenger. he shall drink neither wine, nor any other strong liquor: he shall be filled with the holy spirit, even from his infancy:
but he, full of the holy spirit, fix'd his eyes towards heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.
wherefore, brethren, chuse out of your number seven persons of good reputation, full of the holy spirit and wisdom, who may have the management of this affair:
and when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, "receive ye the holy spirit.
who upon their arrival, prayed for them that they might receive the holy spirit.
and while I was speaking to them, the holy spirit descended upon them, as it did on us, at the beginning.
when Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, it is finished: and bowing his head, he expir'd.
go and instruct all nations, baptizing them in the name of the father, and of the son, and of the holy ghost:
save what the holy spirit in every city declares, "that bonds and afflictions wait for me."
but ye shall receive the influence of the holy spirit, which will descend upon you: and ye shall be witnesses for me, in Jerusalem, in all Judea, and in Samaria, and to the remotest part of the earth.
Now Jesus being full of the holy spirit, return'd from Jordan, and was led by the spirit into the desart,
this is what we declare, not in the words which human wisdom, but which the holy spirit dictates; explaining spiritual things in a spiritual language.
stubborn people, whose hearts and ears like the uncircumcised, are always averse to the holy spirit: as your fathers did, so do ye.