Acts 1:8 (GNV)

Passage

But yee shall receiue power of the holy Ghost, when he shall come on you: and ye shalbe witnesses vnto me both in Hierusalem and in all Iudea, and in Samaria, and vnto the vttermost part of the earth.

Nearby Context

Acts 1:6 When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore the kingdome to Israel?

Acts 1:7 And hee saide vnto them, It is not for you to know the times, or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his owne power,

Acts 1:8 But yee shall receiue power of the holy Ghost, when he shall come on you: and ye shalbe witnesses vnto me both in Hierusalem and in all Iudea, and in Samaria, and vnto the vttermost part of the earth.

Acts 1:9 And when he had spoken these things, while they behelde, he was taken vp: for a cloude tooke him vp out of their sight.

Acts 1:10 And while they looked stedfastly towarde heauen, as hee went, beholde, two men stoode by them in white apparell,

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 7's "And hee saide vnto them It is..." into verse 9's "And when he had spoken these things...", so "shall" and "receiue" 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 "shall" and "receiue" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.