Acts 1:8 (WEB)

Passage

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth.”

Nearby Context

Acts 1:6 Therefore when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, are you now restoring the kingdom to Israel?”

Acts 1:7 He said to them, “It isn’t for you to know times or seasons which the Father has set within his own authority.

Acts 1:8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth.”

Acts 1:9 When he had said these things, as they were looking, he was taken up, and a cloud received him out of their sight.

Acts 1:10 While they were looking steadfastly into the sky as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white clothing,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "Spirit", "receive", "power", "holy", "come", "upon", "witnesses", and "jerusalem". 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 "He said to them It isn t..." into verse 9's "When he had said these things as...", 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.