Acts 1:8 (DBY)

Passage

but ye will receive power, the Holy Spirit having come upon you, and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.

Nearby Context

Acts 1:6 They therefore, being come together, asked him saying, Lord, is it at this time that thou restorest the kingdom to Israel?

Acts 1:7 And he said to them, It is not yours to know times or seasons, which the Father has placed in his own authority;

Acts 1:8 but ye will receive power, the Holy Spirit having come upon you, and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.

Acts 1:9 And having said these things he was taken up, they beholding [him], and a cloud received him out of their sight.

Acts 1:10 And as they were gazing into heaven, as he was going, behold, also two men stood by them in white clothing,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "Spirit", "receive", "power", "holy", "having", "come", "upon", and "shall". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "Spirit" and "receive", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 7's "And he said to them It is..." into verse 9's "And having said these things he was...", so "Spirit" and "receive" belong inside that flow. In Acts context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "Spirit" and "receive" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.