“But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.”
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 — this verse is the outline and theological center of Acts. Dynamis (power, explosive energy) describes the Spirit's transformative force in witness. The geographic expansion (Jerusalem → Judea → Samaria → ends of earth) traces the book's narrative structure and fulfills OT promises of universal restoration. The apostles are not triumphalists but Spirit-empowered witnesses whose task defines their identity.
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