'Holy Spirit' in the Bible

Now these were the circumstances of the birth of Jesus Christ. Mary, his mother, was engaged to Joseph, but before they were married it was found that she was about to become a mother through the influence of the holy Spirit.

But while he was thinking of doing this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, and said, "Joseph, descendant of David, do not fear to take Mary, your wife, to your home, for it is through the influence of the holy Spirit that she is to become a mother.

I am baptizing you in water in token of your repentance, but he who is coming after me is stronger than I am, and I am not fit to carry his shoes. He will baptize you in the holy Spirit and in fire.

And whoever speaks against the Son of Man will be forgiven for it, but whoever speaks against the holy Spirit cannot be forgiven for it, either in this world or in the world to come.

Therefore go and make disciples of all the heathen, baptize them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the holy Spirit,

I have baptized you in water, but he will baptize you in the holy Spirit."

But whoever reviles the holy Spirit can never be forgiven, but is guilty of an unending sin."

David himself, under the influence of the holy Spirit, said, " 'The Lord has said to my lord, "Sit at my right hand Until I put your enemies under your feet." '

When they are taking you off to trial do not worry beforehand about what you ought to say, but say whatever is given you when the time comes, for it is not you that will speak, but the holy Spirit.

For he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He will drink no wine or strong drink, but he will be filled with the holy Spirit from his very birth,

The angel answered, "The holy Spirit will come over you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. For that reason your child will be called holy, and the Son of God.

When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the babe stirred within her. And Elizabeth was filled with the holy Spirit

And his father Zechariah was filled with the holy Spirit and he uttered a divine message, saying,

Now there was a man in Jerusalem named Symeon, an upright, devout man, who was living in expectation of the comforting of Israel, and under the influence of the holy Spirit.

It had been revealed to him by the holy Spirit that he should not die without seeing the Lord's Messiah.

John said to them all, "I am only baptizing you in water, but someone is coming who is stronger than I am, whose shoes I am not fit to untie. He will baptize you in the holy Spirit and in fire.

and the holy Spirit came down upon him in the material shape of a dove, and there came a voice from heaven, "You are my Son, my Beloved! You are my Chosen!"

Jesus returned from the Jordan full of the holy Spirit, and he was led about in the desert

So if you, bad as you are, know enough to give your children what is good, how much more surely will your Father in heaven give the holy Spirit to those who ask him for it!"

And anyone who speaks against the Son of Man will be forgiven for it, but no one who reviles the holy Spirit will be forgiven.

for at the very moment the holy Spirit will teach you what you ought to say."

but the Helper, the holy Spirit which the Father will send in my place, will teach you everything and remind you of everything that I have told you.

"Receive the holy Spirit! If you forgive any men's sins, they are forgiven them, and if you fix any men's sins upon them, they will remain fixed."

until the day when through the holy Spirit he gave the apostles he had chosen their instructions, and was taken up to heaven.

"for John baptized people in water, but in a few days you will be baptized in the holy Spirit."

but you will be given power when the holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be witnesses for me in Jerusalem and all over Judea and Samaria and to the very ends of the earth."

"Brothers, the prediction of the Scriptures had to come true that the holy Spirit uttered by the lips of David, about Judas, who acted as guide for the men that arrested Jesus??17 for he was one of our number and a share in this ministry of ours fell to his lot."

and they were all filled with the holy Spirit and began to say in foreign languages whatever the Spirit prompted them to utter.

So he has been exalted to God's right hand, and has received from his Father and poured over us the holy Spirit that had been promised, as you see and hear.

Peter said to them, "You must repent, and every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, in order to have your sins forgiven; then you will receive the gift of the holy Spirit,

Then Peter, filled with the holy Spirit, said to them, "Leaders of the people and members of the council,

and who said through the holy Spirit by the lips of our forefather David, your slave, " 'Why did the heathen rage, And the peoples form vain designs?

When they had prayed, the place where they were meeting shook, and they were all filled with the holy Spirit, and fearlessly uttered God's message.

And Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan taken such possession of your heart that you should lie to the holy Spirit, by appropriating part of the price of your land?

We and the holy Spirit which God has given to those who obey him are witnesses to these things."

This plan met the approval of the whole body, and they selected Stephen, a man full of faith and of the holy Spirit, with Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicholas of Antioch, who had been a convert to Judaism.

You stubborn people, with heathen hearts and ears, you are always opposing the holy Spirit, just as your forefathers did!

But he, full of the holy Spirit, looked up to heaven and saw God's glory and Jesus standing at God's right hand.

When they came, they prayed that the Samaritans might receive the holy Spirit,

Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the holy Spirit.

But when Simon saw that the holy Spirit was imparted through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money,

saying, "Give me also this power to communicate the holy Spirit to anyone I place my hands upon."

Ananias set out and went to the house, and there he laid his hands upon Saul, and said to him, "Saul, my brother, I have been sent by the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on your journey, so that you may regain your sight and be filled with the holy Spirit."

So the church all over Judea, Galilee, and Samaria was at peace and became established. It lived in reverence for the Lord and, stimulated by the holy Spirit, it grew steadily in numbers.

about Jesus of Nazareth, and how God endowed him with the power of the holy Spirit, and he went about doing good and curing all who were in the power of the devil, because God was with him.

Before Peter had finished saying these words, the holy Spirit fell on all who were listening to his message.

The Jewish believers who had come with Peter were amazed because the gift of the holy Spirit had been showered upon the heathen too,

"Can anyone refuse the use of water to baptize these people when they have received the holy Spirit just as we did?"

When I began to speak to them, the holy Spirit fell upon them just as it did upon us at the beginning,

and I remembered the saying of the Lord, 'John baptized in water, but you will be baptized in the holy Spirit.'

for he was an excellent man, full of the holy Spirit and faith. So a considerable number of people came over to the Lord.

As they were engaged in worshiping the Lord and in fasting, the holy Spirit said, "Set Barnabas and Saul apart for me, for the work to which I have called them."

Being sent out in this way by the holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia and sailed from there to Cyprus.

But Saul, who was also called Paul, was filled with the holy Spirit, and looked at him

But the disciples continued to be full of joy and of the holy Spirit.

And God who knows men's hearts testified for them by giving them the holy Spirit just as he had done to us,

For the holy Spirit and we have decided not to lay upon you any burden but this indispensable one,

Thus they crossed Phrygia and Galatia. The holy Spirit prevented them from delivering the message in Asia,

he said to them, "Did you receive the holy Spirit when you became believers?" "No," they said to him, "we never even heard that there was a holy Spirit."

and when Paul laid his hands on them, the holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke in foreign tongues and with prophetic inspiration.

except that in every town I visit, the holy Spirit warns me that imprisonment and persecution are awaiting me.

Take care of yourselves and of the whole flock, of which the holy Spirit has made you guardians, and be shepherds of the church of God, which he got at the cost of his own life.

He came to see us and took Paul's belt and bound his own feet and hands with it, and said, "This is what the holy Spirit says: 'The Jews at Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt like this, and will hand him over to the heathen!' "

As they could not agree among themselves, they started to leave, when Paul added one last word. "The holy Spirit put it finely," he said, "when it said to your forefathers through the prophet Isaiah,

and hope will not disappoint us. For, through the holy Spirit that has been given us, God's love has flooded our hearts.

I am telling the truth as a Christian, it is no falsehood, for my conscience under the holy Spirit's influence bears me witness in it,

The Kingdom of God is not a matter of what we eat or drink, but of uprightness, peace, and happiness through the possession of the holy Spirit.

May God, the source of hope, fill you with perfect happiness and peace in your faith, so that you may have overflowing hope through the power of the holy Spirit.

in making me a minister of Christ Jesus among the heathen, to act as a priest of God's good news, to see that the heathen are an acceptable sacrifice, consecrated by the holy Spirit.

by the force of signs and marvels, and by the power of the holy Spirit, with the result that I have completed the preaching of the good news of Christ all the way from Jerusalem around to Illyricum.

Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the holy Spirit that is within you, which you have received from God? Besides, you are not your own;

Therefore, I must tell you that no one who is speaking under the influence of the Spirit of God ever says, "Curse Jesus!" and no one can say, "Jesus is Lord!" without being under the influence of the holy Spirit.

The blessing of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God and the participation in the holy Spirit be with you all.

You also have heard the message of the truth, the good news of your salvation, and believed in him, and through union with him you have been marked with the seal of the holy Spirit that was promised,

You must not offend God's holy Spirit, with which you have been marked for the Day of Redemption.

for our preaching of the good news did not come to you as mere words but with power and the holy Spirit and full conviction??ou know the kind of life we lived among you for your good.

And you followed the example set by us and by the Lord, for though our message brought you great trouble, you welcomed it with joy inspired by the holy Spirit,

So whoever disregards this is not disregarding man, but God, who gives you his holy Spirit.

Guard that splendid trust through the holy Spirit that lives in our hearts.

he saved us, not for any upright actions we had performed, but from his own mercy, through the bath of regeneration and renewal by the holy Spirit,

while God himself corroborated their testimony with signs, portents, and various wonders, and by impartations of the holy Spirit when he saw fit.

Therefore, as the holy Spirit says, "If you hear his voice today,

For it is impossible to arouse people to a fresh repentance when they have once for all come into the light and had a taste of the gift from heaven, and shared in the holy Spirit

In all this the holy Spirit was seeking to show that there was no free access to the sanctuary while the outer tent was still standing.

And we have the testimony of the holy Spirit to this, for after saying,

It was disclosed to them that they were serving not themselves but you in dealing with these things, which have now been told you by those who through the holy Spirit sent from heaven brought you the good news; things into which angels long to look!

for no prophecy ever originated in the human will, but under the influence of the holy Spirit men spoke for God.

But you, dear friends, must build yourselves up on the foundation of your most holy faith and pray in the holy Spirit,