'Holy' in the Bible

Till the day when he was taken up to heaven after he had given his orders, through the Holy Spirit, to the Apostles of whom he had made selection:

For the baptism of John was with water, but you will have baptism with the Holy Spirit, after a little time.

But you will have power, when the Holy Spirit has come on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judaea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.

My brothers, the word of God had to be put into effect, which the Holy Spirit had said before, by the mouth of David, about Judas, who was guide to those who took Jesus,

And they were all full of the Holy Spirit, and were talking in different languages, as the Spirit gave them power.

For you will not let my soul be in hell and you will not give up your Holy One to destruction.

And so, being lifted up to the right hand of God, and having the Father's word that the Holy Spirit would come, he has sent this thing, which now you see and have knowledge of.

And Peter said, Let your hearts be changed, every one of you, and have baptism in the name of Jesus Christ, for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will have the Holy Spirit given to you.

But you would have nothing to do with the Holy and Upright One, and made request for a man of blood to be given to you,

Who is to be kept in heaven till the time when all things are put right, of which God has given word by the mouth of his holy prophets, who have been from the earliest times.

Then Peter, being full of the Holy Spirit, said to them, O you rulers of the people and men of authority,

Who has said, by the Holy Spirit, through the mouth of our father David your servant, Why are the nations so violently moved, and why are the thoughts of the people so foolish?

For, truly, in this town, against your holy servant, Jesus, who was marked out by you as Christ, Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, came together,

While your hand is stretched out to do works of mercy; so that signs and wonders may be done through the name of your holy servant Jesus.

And when their prayer was ended, the place where they were was violently moved, and they all became full of the Holy Spirit, preaching the word of God without fear.

But Peter said, Ananias, why has the Evil One put it into your heart to be false to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the price of the land?

And we are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who keep his laws.

And this saying was pleasing to all of them: and they made selection of Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip and Prochorus and Nicanor and Timon and Parmenas and Nicolas of Antioch, who had become a Jew:

And they got false witnesses who said, This man is for ever saying things against this holy place and against the law:

And the Lord said, Take off the shoes from your feet, for the place where you are is holy.

Who was pleasing to God; and he had a desire to make a holy tent for the God of Jacob.

You whose hearts are hard and whose ears are shut to me; you are ever working against the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you.

But he was full of the Holy Spirit, and looking up to heaven, he saw the glory of God and Jesus at the right hand of God.

Who, when they came there, made prayer for them, that the Holy Spirit might be given to them:

Then they put their hands on them, and the Holy Spirit came on them.

Now when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the touch of the Apostles' hands, he made them an offering of money, saying,

Give me this power, so that when I put my hands on anyone he may get the Holy Spirit.

And Ananias went out and came to the house, and putting his hands on him, said, Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, whom you saw when you were on your journey, has sent me, so that you may be able to see, and be full of the Holy Spirit.

And so the church through all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was made strong; and, living in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, was increased greatly.

About Jesus of Nazareth, how God gave the Holy Spirit to him, with power: and how he went about doing good and making well all who were troubled by evil spirits, for God was with him.

While Peter was saying these words, the Holy Spirit came on all those who were hearing the word.

And the Jews of the faith, who had come with Peter, were full of wonder, because the Holy Spirit was given to the Gentiles,

Will any man say that these may not have baptism who have been given the Holy Spirit as we have?

And, while I was talking to them, the Holy Spirit came on them, as on us at first.

And the words of the Lord came into my mind, how he said, The baptism of John was with water, but you will have baptism with the Holy Spirit.

For he was a good man and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith: and a great number were joined to the Lord.

And while they were doing the Lord's work, and going without food, the Holy Spirit said, Let Barnabas and Saul be given to me for the special work for which they have been marked out by me.

So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia; and from there they went by ship to Cyprus.

But Saul, whose other name is Paul, being full of the Holy Spirit, looking hard at him, said,

And about his coming back from the dead, never again to go to destruction, he has said these words, I will give you the holy and certain mercies of David.

Because he says in another Psalm, You will not let your Holy One see destruction.

And the disciples were full of joy and of the Holy Spirit.

And God, the searcher of hearts, was a witness to them, giving them the Holy Spirit even as he did to us;

For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us, to put on you nothing more than these necessary things;

And after they had gone through the land of Phrygia and Galatia, the Holy Spirit did not let them take the word into Asia;

And Paul, as he generally did, went in to them, and on three Sabbath days had discussions with them from the holy Writings,

Now these were more noble than the Jews of Thessalonica, for they gave serious attention to the word, searching in the holy Writings every day, to see if these things were so.

Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by birth, and a man of learning, came to Ephesus; and he had great knowledge of the holy Writings.

For he overcame the Jews in public discussion, making clear from the holy Writings that the Christ was Jesus.

And he said to them, Did you get the Holy Spirit when you had faith? And they said to him, No, we have had no knowledge of the Holy Spirit.

And when Paul had put his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them; and they had the power of talking in tongues, and acting like prophets.

And there is danger, not only that our trade may be damaged in the opinion of men, but that the holy place of the great goddess Diana may be no longer honoured, and that she to whom all Asia and the world give worship, will be put down from her high position.

And when the chief secretary had got the people quiet, he said, Men of Ephesus, is any man without knowledge that the town of Ephesus is the keeper of the holy place of the great Diana, who was sent down from Jupiter?

For you have taken these men, who are not doing damage to the holy place or talking against our goddess.

And on the first day of the week, when we had come together for the holy meal, Paul gave them a talk, for it was his purpose to go away on the day after; and he went on talking till after the middle of the night.

Only that the Holy Spirit makes clear to me in every town that prison and pains are waiting for me.

Give attention to yourselves, and to all the flock which the Holy Spirit has given into your care, to give food to the church of God, for which he gave his blood.

And he came to us, and took the band of Paul's clothing, and putting it round his feet and hands, said, The Holy Spirit says these words, So will the Jews do to the man who is the owner of this band, and they will give him up into the hands of the Gentiles.

Crying out, Men of Israel, come to our help: this is the man who is teaching all men everywhere against the people and the law and this place: and in addition, he has taken Greeks into the Temple, and made this holy place unclean.

To make their eyes open, turning them from the dark to the light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may have forgiveness of sins and a heritage among those who are made holy by faith in me.

And they went away, for there was a division among them after Paul had said this one thing: Well did the Holy Spirit say by the prophet Isaiah to your fathers,