THE HOLY SPIRIT in the New Testament - Acts Part 2

Acts 4:25-26  

"You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of your servant, our father David:

" 'Why do the nations rage

    and the people plot in vain?

The kings of the earth rise up

    and the rulers band together

against the Lord

    and against his anointed one.' "  (Psalm 2:1-2)

Acts 4:31  

    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.  (see all Acts 4)

Acts 5:29-32  

    Peter and the other apostles replied: "We must obey God rather than human beings! The God of our ancestors raised Jesus from the dead--whom you killed by hanging him on a cross. God exalted him to his own right hand as Prince and Savior that he might bring Israel to repentance and forgive their sins. We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him."  (see all Acts 5)

Acts 6:5-7  

    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. They presented these men to the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them.

    So the word of God spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem increased rapidly, and a large number of priests became obedient to the faith.  (see all Acts 6)

Acts 7:55-56  

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. "Look," he said, "I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God."  (see all Acts 7)

Acts 8:38-39  

And he gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water and Philip baptized him. When he came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord suddenly took Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him again, but went on his way rejoicing.  (see all Acts 8) 

 

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THE HOLY SPIRIT in the New Testament - Acts Part 1

Acts 1:1-2  

    In my former book (Luke), Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach until the day he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen.

Acts 1:8  

"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."  

(see Acts 1:1-11)

Acts 2:1-4  

    When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.

Acts 2:32-33  

"God has raised this Jesus to life, and we are all witnesses of it. 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." 

Acts 2:38-39  

    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. The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off--for all whom the Lord our God will call."  (see all Acts 2)

Acts 4:8-10  

    Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them: "Rulers and elders of the people! If we are being called to account today for an act of kindness shown to a man who was lame and are being asked how he was healed, then know this, you and all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed."  

(see Acts 3:1-4:22)  

 

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THE HOLY SPIRIT in the New Testament - the Gospels Part 3

John 4:23-24  

"Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth."  (see John 4:4-42)

John 6:63  

"The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you--they are full of the Spirit and life."  

(see John 6:25-71)

John 14:15-17  

    "If you love me, keep my commands. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever--the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you."

John 14:26  

"But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you."  (see all John 14)

John 15:26-27  

    "When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father--the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father--he will testify about me. And you also must testify, for you have been with me from the beginning."  (see all John 15)

John 16:12-13  

    "I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear. But when he, the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come."  (see all John 16)  

 

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THE HOLY SPIRIT in the New Testament - the Gospels Part 2

Luke 3:21-22  

    When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as he was praying, heaven was opened and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from  heaven: "You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased."  (see Luke 3:21-37)

John 1:32-34  

    Then John gave this testimony: "I saw the Spirit come down from heaven as a dove and remain on him. And I myself did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water told me, 'The man on whom you see the Spirit come down and remain is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.' I have seen and I testify that this is God's Chosen One."  (see John 1:19-34)

Luke 4:1-2  

    Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry.  (see Luke 4:1-13)

Luke 11:11-13  

    "Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead? Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!"  

(see Luke 11:1-13)

John 3:5-7  

    Jesus answered, "Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit. Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. You should not be surprised at my saying, 'You must be born again.' " (see John 3:1-21)

John 3:34-35  

For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit. The Father loves the Son and has placed everything in his hands.  (see John 3:22-36) 

 

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THE HOLY SPIRIT in the New Testament - the Gospels Part 1

Luke 1:30-31, 34-35  

But the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God. You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus." ... 

    "How will this be," Mary asked the angel, "since I am a virgin?"

    The angel answered, "The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God."  

(see Luke 1:26-38)

Matthew 1:18-21  

    This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly. 

    But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, "Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins."  (see Matthew 1:18-25)

Luke 1:41-44  

When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. In a loud voice she exclaimed: "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child you will bear! But why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? As soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy."  (see Luke 1:26-56)

Luke 1:57, 67-68  

    When it was time for Elizabeth to have her baby, she gave birth to a son. ...

    His father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied:

        "Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel,

            because he has come to his people and redeemed 

                them."

                (see Luke 1:5-25, 57-80)  

  

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THE HOLY SPIRIT in the Old Testament Part 3 of 3

Ezekiel 2:1-2  

    He (see Ezekiel 1:26-28) said to me, "Son of man, stand up on your feet and I will speak to you." As he spoke, the Spirit came into me and raised me to my feet, and I heard him speaking to me.  (see all Ezekiel 2-3)

Ezekiel 37:1-6  

    The hand of the LORD was on me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the LORD and set me in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. He led me back and forth among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, bones that were very dry. He asked me, "Son of man, can these bones live?"

    I said, "Sovereign LORD, you alone know."

    Then he said to me, "Prophesy to these bones and say to them, 'Dry bones, hear the word of the LORD! This is what the Sovereign LORD says to these bones: I will make breath enter you, and you will come to life. I will attach tendons to you and make flesh come upon you and cover you with skin; I will put breath in you, and you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the LORD.' "

Ezekiel 37:13-14  

" 'Then you, my people, will know that I am the LORD, when I open your graves and bring you up from them. I will put my Spirit in you and you will live, and I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I the LORD have spoken, and I have done it, declares the LORD.' "  (see Ezekiel 37:1-14)

Ezekiel 39:29  

"I will no longer hide my face from them, for I will pour out my Spirit on the people of Israel, declares the Sovereign LORD."  (see Ezekiel 39:21-29)

Joel 2:28-29  

"And afterward,

    I will pour out my Spirit on all people.

Your sons and daughters will prophesy,

    your old men will dream dreams,

    your young men will see visions.

Even on my servants, both men and women,

    I will pour out my Spirit in those days."  (see Joel 2:28-32)

Haggai 2:4-5  

" 'But now be strong, Zerubbabel,' declares the LORD. 'Be strong Joshua son of Jozadak, the high priest. Be strong, all you people of the land,' declares the LORD, 'and work. For I am with you,' declares the LORD Almighty. 'This is what I covenanted with you when you came out of Egypt. And my Spirit remains among you. Do not fear.' "  (see all Haggai 2) 

 

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THE HOLY SPIRIT in the Old Testament Part 2 of 3

Psalm 51:10-12  

Create in me a pure heart, O God,

    and renew a steadfast spirit within me.

Do not cast me from your presence

    or take your Holy Spirit from me.

Restore to me the joy of your salvation

    and grant me a willing spirit to sustain me.  

    (see all Psalm 51)

Psalm 139:7-10  

Where can I go from your Spirit?

    Where can I flee from your presence?

If I go up to the heavens, you are there;

    if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.

If I rise on the wings of the dawn,

    if I settle on the far side of the sea,

even there your hand will guide me,

    your right hand will hold me fast.  (see Psalm 139:1-18)

Isaiah 11:1-3  

A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse;

    from his roots a Branch will bear fruit.

The Spirit of the LORD will rest on him--

    the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding,

    the Spirit of counsel and of might,

    the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the LORD--

and he will delight in the fear of the LORD.  (see all Isaiah 11)

Isaiah 42:1  

"Here is my servant, whom I uphold,

    my chosen one in whom I delight;

I will put my Spirit on him,

    and he will bring justice to the nations."  

    (see Isaiah 42:1-9)

Isaiah 61:1-3  

The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me,

    because the LORD has anointed me

    to proclaim good news to the poor.

He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,

    to proclaim freedom for the captives

    and release from darkness for the prisoners,

to proclaim the year of the LORD's favor

    and the day of vengeance of our God,

to comfort all who mourn,

    and provide for those who grieve in Zion--

to bestow on them a crown of beauty

    instead of ashes,

the oil of joy

    instead of mourning,

and a garment of praise

    instead of a spirit of despair.

They will be called oaks of righteousness,

    a planting of the LORD

    for the display of his splendor.  (see all Isaiah 61) 

 

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