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until the day he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen.
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For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”
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But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
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and said, “Brothers and sisters, the Scripture had to be fulfilled in which the Holy Spirit spoke long ago through David concerning Judas, who served as guide for those who arrested Jesus.
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The Holy Spirit Comes at Pentecost
When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place.
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All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.
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because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, you will not let your holy one see decay.
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Exalted to the right hand of God, he has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear.
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Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
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You disowned the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you.
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Heaven must receive him until the time comes for God to restore everything, as he promised long ago through his holy prophets.
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Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them: “Rulers and elders of the people!
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You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of your servant, our father David: “‘Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
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Indeed Herod and Pontius Pilate met together with the Gentiles and the people of Israel in this city to conspire against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed.
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Stretch out your hand to heal and perform signs and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus.”
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After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.
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Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has so filled your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit and have kept for yourself some of the money you received for the land?
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We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him.”
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This proposal pleased the whole group. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit; also Philip, Procorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas from Antioch, a convert to Judaism.
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They produced false witnesses, who testified, “This fellow never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law.
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“Then the Lord said to him, ‘Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.
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“You stiff-necked people! Your hearts and ears are still uncircumcised. You are just like your ancestors: You always resist the Holy Spirit!
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But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked up to heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.
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When they arrived, they prayed for the new believers there that they might receive the Holy Spirit,
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because the Holy Spirit had not yet come on any of them; they had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
