'Receive' in the Bible

But you will receive power [when] the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the farthest part of the earth."

And Peter [said] to them, "Repent and be baptized, each one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

[When he] saw Peter and John about to go into the temple [courts], he began asking to receive alms.

So he fixed his attention on them, expecting to receive something from them.

whom heaven must receive until the times of the restoration of all [things], about which God spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets from earliest times.

And they kept on stoning Stephen [as he] was calling out and saying, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!"

who went down [and] prayed for them so that they would receive the Holy Spirit.

saying, "Give to me also this power, so that whomever I place [my] hands on may receive the Holy Spirit!"

And he said to them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit [when you] believed?" And they [said] to him, "But we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit!"

I have shown you [with respect to] all [things] that [by] working hard in this way it is necessary to help those who are in need, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus that he himself said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive."

to open their eyes [so that they] may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, [so that] they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'