Power (δυναμιν). Not the "power" about which they were concerned (political organization and equipments for empire on the order of…

But you shall receive power, etc. Literally, as it is translated in the margin, "you shall receive the power of the Holy Ghost coming …

But you shall receive power.—The use of the same English noun for two different Greek words is misleading, but if “author…

As indeed they were, for they went everywhere testifying to what they had seen and heard, and very many were the conversions that followed. We want…

The mandate to witness stands as the theme for the whole of Acts. It comes directly from Jesus himself—in fact, it is his final and conclusive word…

You shall receive power. Our Savior Christ here calls them back both to the promise of God and to His commandment, which was the most dire…

But you shall receive power
From on high, with which they were to be endured, (Luke 24:49) meaning the power of th…

They were earnest in asking about what their Master had never directed or encouraged them to seek. Our Lord knew that his ascension and the teachin…