Acts 1:4-8

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The Promise of the Holy Spirit

⁴ While he was meeting with them, he ordered them, “Don’t leave Jerusalem. Instead, wait for what the Father has promised, about which you heard me speak, ⁵ because John baptized with^[a] water, but you will be baptized with^[b] the Holy Spirit a few days from now.”

⁶ Now those who had gathered together began to ask Jesus,^[c] “Lord, is this the time when you will restore the kingdom to Israel?” ⁷ He answered them, “It isn’t for you to know what times or periods the Father has fixed by his own authority. ⁸ But you’ll receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you, and you’ll be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”