Acts 1:4–8
Before going up to heaven, Jesus promises power so they can be his witnesses
Study it word by word4And while gathered together with them, he ordered them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, “which you heard from me;
5for John immersed in water, but you will be immersed in the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”
6So those who had come together were asking him, saying, “Lord, are you restoring the kingdom to Israel at this time?”
7He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has set by his own authority;
8but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be my witnesses both in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
In its context
2until the day on which he was taken up, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen;
3to them he also presented himself alive after his suffering by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over forty days and speaking of the things concerning the kingdom of God.
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9And having said these things, as they were watching, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight.
10And as they were gazing into heaven while he was going, look, two men stood by them in white clothing,
Its words in the original
- συναλιζόμενοςsynalizomenos· gather, eat with
Gather with others; also share a meal, eat together.
- παρήγγειλενparēngeilen· command, instruct
Give orders, instruct.
- ἹεροσολύμωνHierosolymōn· Jerusalem
Jerusalem, the city of the temple and capital of Judah.
- χωρίζεσθαιchōrizesthai· separate
Separate; in the passive, depart, leave.
- περιμένεινperimenein· wait for
Wait for, stay and await something.
- ἐπαγγελίανepangelian· promise
Promise.
- πατρὸςpatros· father, Father
Father; also ancestor.
- ἠκούσατέēkousate· hear, listen
Hear, listen; also heed.
- ἸωάννηςIōannēs· John
John. In the Gospels, John the Immerser (the Baptist) or John son of Zebedee, one of the Twelve.
- ἐβάπτισενebaptisen· immerse
Immerse: plunge into water, wash by dipping. The word "baptize" comes from it.
- ὕδατιhydati· water
Water.
- πνεύματιpneumati· spirit, Spirit
Spirit; also wind and breath. With "holy", the Holy Spirit of God.
- ἁγίῳhagiōi· holy
Holy: set apart for God, pure, belonging to him.
- πολλὰςpollas· much, many
Much, great; in the plural, many.
- ἡμέραςhēmeras· day
Day. "In the days of" someone: in their time.
- συνελθόντεςsynelthontes· come together
Come together, gather; said of a married couple, begin living together.
- ἠρώτωνērōtōn· ask
Ask a question; also request, ask for.
- λέγοντεςlegontes· say
Say, speak; in the passive, "be called".
- ΚύριεKyrie· Lord, lord
Lord, master, owner. Said of God, the Lord; in Old Testament quotations it stands for the name YHWH.
- χρόνῳchronōi· time
Time; a span of time.
- ἀποκαθιστάνειςapokathistaneis· restore
Restore, bring back to its former state.
- βασιλείανbasileian· kingdom
Kingdom: the reign of a king and the place where he reigns. "The kingdom of heaven" is the reign of God.
- ἸσραήλIsraēl· Israel
Israel: the name God gave to Jacob, and the people descended from him.
- ἐστινestin· be
Be, exist.
- γνῶναιgnōnai· know
Know, come to know, realize. Said of a man and a woman, have sexual relations.
- καιροὺςkairous· time, right time
Time, the appointed moment.
- ἔθετοetheto· put, lay
Put, place, lay down.
- ἰδίᾳidiai· own
One's own, his own.
- ἐξουσίᾳexousiai· authority
Authority, the power to act or command.
- λήμψεσθεlēmpsesthe· take, receive
Take, receive.
- δύναμινdynamin· power, mighty work
Power, strength, ability. In the plural, works of power: miracles.
- ἐπελθόντοςepelthontos· come upon, arrive
Come upon, arrive; of an event, come upon someone, overtake; of a time, come.
- μάρτυρεςmartyres· witness
Witness.
- ἸερουσαλὴμIerousalēm· Jerusalem
Jerusalem: the city of David and of the temple, the capital of Judea.
- ἸουδαίᾳIoudaiai· Judea
Judea, the southern region of the land of Israel, around Jerusalem.
- ΣαμαρείᾳSamareiai· Samaria
Samaria: the region between Judea and Galilee.
- ἐσχάτουeschatou· last
Last.
- γῆςgēs· earth, land
Earth: the ground, a country, or the whole world.