Acts
1:1-11
Psalm
47 or Psalm 93
Ephesians
1:15-23
Luke
24:44-53
Acts
1:1-11
1:1 In the
first book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus did
and taught from the beginning
1:2
until the day when he was taken up to heaven, after
giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the
apostles whom he had chosen.
1:3
After his suffering he presented himself alive to them
by many convincing proofs, appearing to them during
forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God.
1:4
While staying with them, he ordered them not to leave
Jerusalem, but to wait there for the promise of the
Father. "This," he said, "is what you
have heard from me;
1:5
for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized
with the Holy Spirit not many days from now."
1:6
So when they had come together, they asked him,
"Lord, is this the time when you will restore the
kingdom to Israel?"
1:7
He replied, "It is not for you to know the times or
periods that the Father has set by his own authority.
1:8
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come
upon you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in
all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the
earth."
1:9
When he had said this, as they were watching, he was
lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight.
1:10
While he was going and they were gazing up toward
heaven, suddenly two men in white robes stood by them.
1:11
They said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand
looking up toward heaven? This Jesus, who has been taken
up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as
you saw him go into heaven."
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Psalm
47
47:1 Clap
your hands, all you peoples; shout to God with loud
songs of joy.
47:2
For the LORD, the Most High, is awesome, a great king
over all the earth.
47:3
He subdued peoples under us, and nations under our feet.
47:4
He chose our heritage for us, the pride of Jacob whom he
loves. Selah
47:5
God has gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of
a trumpet.
47:6
Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our
King, sing praises.
47:7
For God is the king of all the earth; sing praises with
a psalm.
47:8
God is king over the nations; God sits on his holy
throne.
47:9
The princes of the peoples gather as the people of the
God of Abraham. For the shields of the earth belong to
God; he is highly exalted.
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Psalm
93
93:1 The LORD
is king, he is robed in majesty; the LORD is robed, he
is girded with strength. He has established the world;
it shall never be moved;
93:2
your throne is established from of old; you are from
everlasting.
93:3
The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have
lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their roaring.
93:4
More majestic than the thunders of mighty waters, more
majestic than the waves of the sea, majestic on high is
the LORD!
93:5
Your decrees are very sure; holiness befits your house,
O LORD, forevermore.
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Ephesians
1:15-23
1:15 I have
heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love
toward all the saints, and for this reason
1:16
I do not cease to give thanks for you as I remember you
in my prayers.
1:17
I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father
of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation
as you come to know him,
1:18
so that, with the eyes of your heart enlightened, you
may know what is the hope to which he has called you,
what are the riches of his glorious inheritance among
the saints,
1:19
and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power for
us who believe, according to the working of his great
power.
1:20
God put this power to work in Christ when he raised him
from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the
heavenly places,
1:21
far above all rule and authority and power and dominion,
and above every name that is named, not only in this age
but also in the age to come.
1:22
And he has put all things under his feet and has made
him the head over all things for the church,
1:23
which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in
all.
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Luke
24:44-53
24:44 Then he
said to them, "These are my words that I spoke to
you while I was still with you--that everything written
about me in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the
psalms must be fulfilled."
24:45
Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures,
24:46
and he said to them, "Thus it is written, that the
Messiah is to suffer and to rise from the dead on the
third day,
24:47
and that repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be
proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from
Jerusalem.
24:48
You are witnesses of these things.
24:49
And see, I am sending upon you what my Father promised;
so stay here in the city until you have been clothed
with power from on high."
24:50
Then he led them out as far as Bethany, and, lifting up
his hands, he blessed them.
24:51
While he was blessing them, he withdrew from them and
was carried up into heaven.
24:52
And they worshiped him, and returned to Jerusalem with
great joy;
24:53
and they were continually in the temple blessing God.
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