Acts 1:2

The Preface

¹ I wrote the first narrative, Theophilus, about all that Jesus began to do and teach ² until the day He was taken up, after He had given orders through the Holy Spirit to the apostles He had chosen. ³ After He had suffered, He also presented Himself alive to them by many convincing proofs, appearing to them during 40 days and speaking about the kingdom of God.

Ascended to Heaven

He Was Taken Up

Holy Spirit

Through the Spirit

John 13:18

I’m not speaking about all of you; I know those I have chosen. But the Scripture must be fulfilled: The one who eats My bread has raised his heel against Me.

John 20:21

Jesus said to them again, “Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.”

Acts 1:9

After He had said this, He was taken up as they were watching, and a cloud took Him out of their sight.

Acts 10:38

how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how He went about doing good and healing all who were under the tyranny of the Devil, because God was with Him.

Isaiah 11:2-3

The Spirit of the Lord will rest on Him—
a Spirit of wisdom and understanding,
a Spirit of counsel and strength,
a Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord.

Isaiah 42:1

“This is My Servant; I strengthen Him,
this is My Chosen One; I delight in Him.
I have put My Spirit on Him;
He will bring justice to the nations.

Isaiah 48:16

Approach Me and listen to this.
From the beginning I have not spoken in secret;
from the time anything existed, I was there.”
And now the Lord God
has sent me and His Spirit.

Isaiah 59:20-21

“The Redeemer will come to Zion,
and to those in Jacob who turn from transgression.”
This is the Lord’s declaration.

Isaiah 61:1

The Spirit of the Lord God is on Me,
because the Lord has anointed Me
to bring good news to the poor.
He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives
and freedom to the prisoners;

Matthew 3:16

After Jesus was baptized, He went up immediately from the water. The heavens suddenly opened for Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming down on Him.

Matthew 10:1-4

Summoning His 12 disciples, He gave them authority over unclean spirits, to drive them out and to heal every disease and sickness.

Matthew 12:28

If I drive out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come to you.

Matthew 28:19-20

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

Mark 3:14-19

He also appointed 12—He also named them apostles—to be with Him, to send them out to preach,

Mark 6:30

The apostles gathered around Jesus and reported to Him all that they had done and taught.

Mark 16:15-19

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

Luke 6:13-16

When daylight came, He summoned His disciples, and He chose 12 of them—He also named them apostles:

Luke 9:51

When the days were coming to a close for Him to be taken up, He determined to journey to Jerusalem.

Luke 24:45-49

Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.

Luke 24:51

And while He was blessing them, He left them and was carried up into heaven.

John 1:16

Indeed, we have all received grace after grace
from His fullness,

John 3:34

For God sent Him, and He speaks God’s words, since He gives the Spirit without measure.

John 6:62

Then what if you were to observe the Son of Man ascending to where He was before?

John 6:70

Jesus replied to them, “Didn’t I choose you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is the Devil!”

John 13:1

Before the Passover Festival, Jesus knew that His hour had come to depart from this world to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.

John 13:3

Jesus knew that the Father had given everything into His hands, that He had come from God, and that He was going back to God.

John 16:28

I came from the Father and have come into the world. Again, I am leaving the world and going to the Father.”

John 17:13

Now I am coming to You,
and I speak these things in the world
so that they may have My joy completed in them.

John 20:17

“Don’t cling to Me,” Jesus told her, “for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to My brothers and tell them that I am ascending to My Father and your Father—to My God and your God.”

Acts 1:11

They said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up into heaven? This Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come in the same way that you have seen Him going into heaven.”

Acts 1:13

When they arrived, they went to the room upstairs where they were staying:

Peter, John,
James, Andrew,
Philip, Thomas,
Bartholomew, Matthew,
James the son of Alphaeus,
Simon the Zealot,
and Judas the son of James.

Acts 10:40-42

God raised up this man on the third day and permitted Him to be seen,

Galatians 1:1

Paul, an apostle—not from men or by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised Him from the dead—

Ephesians 2:20

built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.

Ephesians 4:8-10

For it says:

When He ascended on high,
He took prisoners into captivity;
He gave gifts to people.

1 Timothy 3:16

And most certainly, the mystery of godliness is great:

He was manifested in the flesh,
vindicated in the Spirit,
seen by angels,
preached among the nations,
believed on in the world,
taken up in glory.

Hebrews 6:19-20

We have this hope as an anchor for our lives, safe and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain.

Hebrews 9:24

For the Messiah did not enter a sanctuary made with hands (only a model of the true one) but into heaven itself, so that He might now appear in the presence of God for us.

1 Peter 3:22

Now that He has gone into heaven, He is at God’s right hand with angels, authorities, and powers subject to Him.

2 Peter 3:2

so that you can remember the words previously spoken by the holy prophets and the command of our Lord and Savior given through your apostles.

Revelation 1:1

The revelation of Jesus Christ that God gave Him to show His slaves what must quickly take place. He sent it and signified it through His angel to His slave John,

Revelation 2:7

“Anyone who has an ear should listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. I will give the victor the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in God’s paradise.

Revelation 2:11

“Anyone who has an ear should listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. The victor will never be harmed by the second death.

Revelation 2:17

“Anyone who has an ear should listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. I will give the victor some of the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name is inscribed that no one knows except the one who receives it.

Revelation 2:29

“Anyone who has an ear should listen to what the Spirit says to the churches.

Revelation 3:13

“Anyone who has an ear should listen to what the Spirit says to the churches.

Revelation 3:16

So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I am going to vomit you out of My mouth.

Revelation 3:22

“Anyone who has an ear should listen to what the Spirit says to the churches.”

Revelation 21:14

The city wall had 12 foundations, and the 12 names of the Lamb’s 12 apostles were on the foundations.