- But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and then you will be my witnesses not only in Jerusalem, but throughout Judea and Samaria, and indeed to the farthest ends of the earth.
- After he said this, he was lifted up as they looked on, and a cloud took him from their sight.
- While he was departing as they gazed upward toward the sky, suddenly two men dressed in white robes stood beside them, and they said, “Men of Galilee, why are you standing there looking up into the sky? This Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven will come back in the same way as you have seen him going into heaven.”
- All of these were constantly engaged in prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.
He gives a home to those who are forsaken
and leads out prisoners amid chants of exultation,
while rebels are forced to live in an arid land. Do not be afraid or dismayed, the Lord will go before you; he will not fail or forsake you.Next verse!With image