我要将我父所应许的降在你们身上，你们要在城里等候，直到你们领受从上头来的能力。”

我要将我父所应许的降在你们身上，你们要在城里等候，直到你们领受从上面来的能力。”

我要将我父所应许的降在你们身上，你们要在城里等候，直到你们领受从上面来的能力。”

我要把我父所应许的赐给你们。不过，你们要留在城里，直到你们得到天上来的能力。”

我要使我父的应许临到你们身上，你们当在城里等候，直到得着从上面来的能力。”

看哪！我要将我父所应许的差派到你们那里。不过你们要留在城里，直到领受了从上面来的能力。”

我要將我父所應許的降在你們身上，你們要在城裏等候，直到你們領受從上頭來的能力。」

我要將我父所應許的降在你們身上，你們要在城裏等候，直到你們領受從上面來的能力。」

我要將我父所應許的降在你們身上，你們要在城裏等候，直到你們領受從上面來的能力。」

我要把我父所應許的賜給你們。不過，你們要留在城裡，直到你們得到天上來的能力。」

我要使我父的應許臨到你們身上，你們當在城裡等候，直到得著從上面來的能力。”

看吧，我要將我父所應許的遣送出去、到你們身上；你們要停留在城裏，直到你們穿上了從高處來的能力。』

看哪！我要將我父所應許的差派到你們那裡。不過你們要留在城裡，直到領受了從上面來的能力。」

我遣我父所許者臨爾、爾其居於聖邑、迨自上之能錫爾焉、

我將以父所許者賜爾、宜居耶路撒冷城、待自上錫爾以權焉、○

我將以我父所許者賜爾、當居於耶路撒冷城、待自上賜爾以權焉、○

識之哉！予將以吾父所許者、遣發於爾矣。惟爾曹宜暫留京中、靜候自天賦與之德能。』

I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.”

I am going to send you what my Father has promised. But for now, stay in the city. Stay there until you have received power from heaven.”

And behold, I am sending the promise of my Father upon you. But stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.”

“ And now I will send the Holy Spirit, just as my Father promised. But stay here in the city until the Holy Spirit comes and fills you with power from heaven.”

And look, I am sending you what my Father promised. As for you, stay in the city until you are empowered from on high.”

And behold, I am sending the promise of My Father upon you; but you are to stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.”

Behold, I send the Promise of My Father upon you; but tarry in the city of Jerusalem until you are endued with power from on high.”

And behold, I send forth the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city, until ye be clothed with power from on high.

And look, I am sending you what My Father promised. As for you, stay in the city until you are empowered from on high.”

And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.

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.”

Behold, I send out the promise of my Father on you. But wait in the city of Jerusalem until you are clothed with power from on high.”

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.” (niv)

On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command:“ Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about. (niv)

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. (niv)

“ 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.I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and billows of smoke.The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the Lord has said, even among the survivors whom the Lord calls. (niv)

“ The Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who repent of their sins,” declares the Lord.“ As for me, this is my covenant with them,” says the Lord.“ My Spirit, who is on you, will not depart from you, and my words that I have put in your mouth will always be on your lips, on the lips of your children and on the lips of their descendants— from this time on and forever,” says the Lord. (niv)

till the Spirit is poured on us from on high, and the desert becomes a fertile field, and the fertile field seems like a forest. (niv)

For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour out my Spirit on your offspring, and my blessing on your descendants.They will spring up like grass in a meadow, like poplar trees by flowing streams. (niv)

“ 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. (niv)

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. (niv)

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.Now there were staying in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven.When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard their own language being spoken.Utterly amazed, they asked:“ Aren’t all these who are speaking Galileans?Then how is it that each of us hears them in our native language?Parthians, Medes and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome( both Jews and converts to Judaism); Cretans and Arabs— we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!”Amazed and perplexed, they asked one another,“ What does this mean?”Some, however, made fun of them and said,“ They have had too much wine.”Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised his voice and addressed the crowd:“ Fellow Jews and all of you who live in Jerusalem, let me explain this to you; listen carefully to what I say.These people are not drunk, as you suppose. It’s only nine in the morning!No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:“‘ In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke.The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord.And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’ (niv)

But very truly I tell you, it is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.When he comes, he will prove the world to be in the wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment:about sin, because people do not believe in me;about righteousness, because I am going to the Father, where you can see me no longer;and about judgment, because the prince of this world now stands condemned.“ 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.He will glorify me because it is from me that he will receive what he will make known to you.All that belongs to the Father is mine. That is why I said the Spirit will receive from me what he will make known to you.”Jesus went on to say,“ In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me.” (niv)