³⁵ The angel replied to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you,^(A) and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore, the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.^(B)

Ministry in Galilee

¹⁴ Then Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit,^(A) and news about him spread throughout the entire vicinity.^(B)

⁴⁹ And look, I am sending you^[a] what my Father promised.^(A) As for you, stay in the city^[b] until you are empowered^[c](B) from on high.”

⁸ But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come on you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”^(A)

³³ With great power the apostles were giving testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was on all of them.^(A)

¹³ Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe^(A) so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.^(B)

¹⁹ by the power of miraculous signs and wonders,^(A) and by the power of God’s Spirit. As a result, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ from Jerusalem^(B) all the way around to Illyricum.^[a](C)

⁴ My speech^(A) and my preaching were not with persuasive^(B) words of wisdom^[a] but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power,

¹⁶ I pray that he may grant you, according to the riches^(A) of his glory,^(B) to be strengthened with power^(C) in your inner being^(D) through his Spirit,