Luke 24:49
24:49 And look, I am sending you
what my Father promised.
But stay in the city
until you have been clothed with power
from on high.”
John 14:16-17
14:16 Then
I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate
to be with you forever –
14:17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot accept,
because it does not see him or know him. But you know him, because he resides
with you and will be
in you.
John 16:7
16:7 But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I am going away. For if I do not go away, the Advocate
will not come to you, but if I go, I will send him to you.
John 16:13-15
16:13 But when he,
the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide
you into all truth.
For he will not speak on his own authority,
but will speak whatever he hears, and will tell you
what is to come.
16:14 He
will glorify me,
because he will receive
from me what is mine
and will tell it to you.
16:15 Everything that the Father has is mine; that is why I said the Spirit
will receive from me what is mine
and will tell it to you.
Acts 1:4
1:4 While he was with them,
he declared,
“Do not leave Jerusalem,
but wait there
for what my
Father promised,
which you heard about from me.
Acts 2:4
2:4 All
of them were filled with the Holy Spirit, and they began to speak in other languages
as the Spirit enabled them.
Acts 2:33-38
2:33 So then, exalted
to the right hand
of God, and having received
the promise of the Holy Spirit
from the Father, he has poured out
what you both see and hear.
2:34 For David did not ascend into heaven, but he himself says,
‘The Lord said to my lord,
“Sit at my right hand
2:35 until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.”’
2:36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know beyond a doubt that God has made this Jesus whom you crucified both Lord and Christ.”
The Response to Peter’s Address
2:37 Now when they heard this, they were acutely distressed and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “What should we do, brothers?”
2:38 Peter said to them, “Repent, and each one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Ephesians 4:8
4:8 Therefore it says
, “
When he ascended on high he captured captives; he gave gifts to men.”