Acts 1:22 Cross References
Acts 1:22
22: from the time he was baptized by John until the day he was taken from us into heaven. Whoever is chosen will join us as a witness of Jesus' resurrection."
Acts 1:2
- until the day he ascended to heaven after giving his chosen apostles further instructions from the Holy Spirit.
Acts 1:8
- But when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, you will receive power and will tell people about me everywhere--in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."
- It was not long after he said this that he was taken up into the sky while they were watching, and he disappeared into a cloud.
Acts 4:33
- And the apostles gave powerful witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and God's great favor was upon them all.
Matthew 3:1
- In those days John the Baptist began preaching in the Judean wilderness. His message was,
- "Turn from your sins and turn to God, because the Kingdom of Heaven is near. "
- Isaiah had spoken of John when he said, "He is a voice shouting in the wilderness: 'Prepare a pathway for the Lord's coming! Make a straight road for him!'"
- John's clothes were woven from camel hair, and he wore a leather belt; his food was locusts and wild honey.
- People from Jerusalem and from every section of Judea and from all over the Jordan Valley went out to the wilderness to hear him preach.
Luke 3:1
- It was now the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius, the Roman emperor. Pilate was governor over Judea; Herod Antipas was ruler over Galilee; his brother Philip was ruler over Iturea and Traconitis; Lysanias was ruler over Abilene.
- Annas and Caiaphas were the high priests. At this time a message from God came to John son of Zechariah, who was living out in the wilderness.
- Then John went from place to place on both sides of the Jordan River, preaching that people should be baptized to show that they had turned from their sins and turned to God to be forgiven.
- Isaiah had spoken of John when he said, "He is a voice shouting in the wilderness: 'Prepare a pathway for the Lord's coming! Make a straight road for him!
- Fill in the valleys, and level the mountains and hills! Straighten the curves, and smooth out the rough places!
John 15:27
- And you must also tell others about me because you have been with me from the beginning.
Acts 13:24
- But before he came, John the Baptist preached the need for everyone in Israel to turn from sin and turn to God and be baptized.
- As John was finishing his ministry he asked, 'Do you think I am the Messiah? No! But he is coming soon--and I am not even worthy to be his slave. '
John 1:28
- This incident took place at Bethany, a village east of the Jordan River, where John was baptizing.
- The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Look! There is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
- He is the one I was talking about when I said, 'Soon a man is coming who is far greater than I am, for he existed long before I did.'
- I didn't know he was the one, but I have been baptizing with water in order to point him out to Israel."
- Then John said, "I saw the Holy Spirit descending like a dove from heaven and resting upon him.
Mark 1:1
- Here begins the Good News about Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God.
- In the book of the prophet Isaiah, God said, "Look, I am sending my messenger before you, and he will prepare your way.
- He is a voice shouting in the wilderness: 'Prepare a pathway for the Lord's coming! Make a straight road for him!'"
- This messenger was John the Baptist. He lived in the wilderness and was preaching that people should be baptized to show that they had turned from their sins and turned to God to be forgiven.
- People from Jerusalem and from all over Judea traveled out into the wilderness to see and hear John. And when they confessed their sins, he baptized them in the Jordan River.
Hebrews 2:3
- What makes us think that we can escape if we are indifferent to this great salvation that was announced by the Lord Jesus himself? It was passed on to us by those who heard him speak,