What is the key word in Acts 1:8?
The crucial word in Acts 1:8 is 'power.' The verse promises that believers shall receive power after the Holy Spirit comes upon them, enabling them to be witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and the uttermost parts of the earth. This power is the key emphasis.
Les explains that in Acts chapter 1, verse 8, the text says, 'you shall receive power.' He instructs his audience to underline that word 'power' or put it in their notes, because it is the crucial word in this verse. Les connects this promise to the Holy Spirit coming upon them ten days later at Pentecost. The result is that they shall be witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and the uttermost parts of the earth. Les emphasizes that this power is what enables the witness, and he contrasts it with the confusion of over a thousand denominations in America that disagree with each other. He urges people not to follow what he says, but to get into the Book and see what the Word really says.
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 Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
More Questions
When did the disciples receive the power promised in Acts 1:8?
The Holy Spirit was going to come upon the disciples ten days later on Pentecost, and then they would receive the power promised in Acts 1:8.
How far was Acts 1:8 fulfilled in relation to the Jews?
Les teaches that, so far as the Jew is concerned, the fulfillment of Acts 1:8 goes only as far as Samaria, and the Lord could have stopped the verse after the word Samaria.
How far did the Jewish fulfillment of Acts 1:8 go?
Les teaches that in Acts 1:8 the verse could have stopped after 'Samaria,' because as far as the Jew was concerned that is as far as the verse was going to be fulfilled.