For my spirit was greatly set on fire, and my soul was in distress.
And then was the spirit hovering, and darkness and silence were on every side; the sound of man’s voice was not yet.
Upon the second day again you made the spirit of the firmament and commanded it to part asunder, and to make a division between the waters, that the one part might go up, and the other remain beneath.
For concerning death the teaching is: When the determinate sentence has gone forth from the Most High that a man should die, as the spirit leaves the body to return again to him who gave it, it adores the glory of the Most High first of all.
And, behold, there came a voice to it, and said,
And I saw, and, behold, they appeared no more, and the whole body of the eagle was burned, so that the earth was in great fear: then awaked I by reason of great ecstasy of mind, and from great fear, and said to my spirit,
Behold, I am yet weary in my mind, and very weak in my spirit; nor is there the least strength in me, for the great fear wherewith I was affrighted this night.
And whereas you saw two under wings passing over to the head that is on the right side,
And it came to pass upon the third day, I sat under an oak, and, behold, there came a voice out of a bush near me, and said, Esdras, Esdras.
And it came to pass on the morrow that, behold, a voice called me, saying, Esdras, open your mouth, and drink that I give you to drink.
Then opened I my mouth, and, behold, there was reached to me a full cup, which was full as it were with water, but the color of it was like fire.
And I took it, and drank: and when I had drunk of it, my heart uttered understanding, and wisdom grew in my breast, for my spirit retained its memory:
yes, the spirit of God Almighty. He who made all things, and searcheth out hidden things in hidden places,
By the spirit of reasoning, and the reasoning of Isaac, he rendered powerless the many-headed instrument.
But sympathy with her children did not turn away the mother of the young men, who had a spirit kindred with that of Abraham.
Jesus, when he was baptized, went up directly from the water: and behold, the heavens were opened to him. He saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming on him.
Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
When evening came, they brought to him many possessed with demons. He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick;
Neither do people put new wine into old wine skins, or else the skins would burst, and the wine be spilled, and the skins ruined. No, they put new wine into fresh wine skins, and both are preserved.”
He called to himself his twelve disciples, and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every sickness.
For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.
“Behold, my servant whom I have chosen; my beloved in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my Spirit on him. He will proclaim justice to the nations.
But if I by the Spirit of God cast out demons, then God’s Kingdom has come upon you.
Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men.
When an unclean spirit has gone out of a man, he passes through waterless places, seeking rest, and doesn’t find it.
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in the middle of them.”
He said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call him Lord, saying,
Watch and pray, that you don’t enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
Jesus cried again with a loud voice, and yielded up his spirit.
I baptized you in water, but he will baptize you in the Holy Spirit.”
Immediately coming up from the water, he saw the heavens parting, and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.
Immediately the Spirit drove him out into the wilderness.
Immediately there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit, and he cried out,
The unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.
They were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, “What is this? A new teaching? For with authority he commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him!”
Early in the morning, while it was still dark, he rose up and went out, and departed into a deserted place, and prayed there.
The unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, “You are the Son of God!”
—because they said, “He has an unclean spirit.”
When he had come out of the boat, immediately a man with an unclean spirit met him out of the tombs.
For he said to him, “Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!”
He sighed deeply in his spirit, and said, “Why does this generation seek a sign? Most certainly I tell you, no sign will be given to this generation.”
One of the multitude answered, “Teacher, I brought to you my son, who has a mute spirit;
They brought him to him, and when he saw him, immediately the spirit convulsed him, and he fell on the ground, wallowing and foaming at the mouth.
When Jesus saw that a multitude came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to him, “You mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him, and never enter him again!”
When they lead you away and deliver you up, don’t be anxious beforehand, or premeditate what you will say, but say whatever will be given you in that hour. For it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.
Watch and pray, that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
These signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new languages;
He will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, ‘to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,’ 1:17 Malachi 4:6 and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to prepare a people prepared for the Lord.”
When he came out, he could not speak to them, and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple. He continued making signs to them, and remained mute.
My spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior,
The child was growing, and becoming strong in spirit, and was in the desert until the day of his public appearance to Israel.
He came in the Spirit into the temple. When the parents brought in the child, Jesus, that they might do concerning him according to the custom of the law,
The child was growing, and was becoming strong in spirit, being filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.
John answered them all, “I indeed baptize you with water, but he comes who is mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to loosen. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and fire,
and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form like a dove on him; and a voice came out of the sky, saying “You are my beloved Son. In you I am well pleased.”
Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness
Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee, and news about him spread through all the surrounding area.
In the synagogue there was a man who had a spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice,
Amazement came on all, and they spoke together, one with another, saying, “What is this word? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!”
as well as those who were troubled by unclean spirits, and they were being healed.
Her spirit returned, and she rose up immediately. He commanded that something be given to her to eat.
While he said these things, a cloud came and overshadowed them, and they were afraid as they entered into the cloud.
Behold, a spirit takes him, he suddenly cries out, and it convulses him so that he foams, and it hardly departs from him, bruising him severely.
But he turned and rebuked them, “You don’t know of what kind of spirit you are.
Nevertheless, don’t rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”
Then he goes, and takes seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and dwell there. The last state of that man becomes worse than the first.”
for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that same hour what you must say.”
“Let your waist be dressed and your lamps burning.
Behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and she was bent over, and could in no way straighten herself up.
neither will they say, ‘Look, here!’ or, ‘Look, there!’ for behold, God’s Kingdom is within you.”
Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” Having said this, he breathed his last.
But they were terrified and filled with fear, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.
See my hands and my feet, that it is truly me. Touch me and see, for a spirit doesn’t have flesh and bones, as you see that I have.”
John testified, saying, “I have seen the Spirit descending like a dove out of heaven, and it remained on him.
I didn’t recognize him, but he who sent me to baptize in water, he said to me, ‘On whomever you will see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.’
Jesus answered, “Most certainly I tell you, unless one is born of water and spirit, he can’t enter into God’s Kingdom.
That which is born of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Don’t marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born anew.’
The wind blows where it wants to, and you hear its sound, but don’t know where it comes from and where it is going. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.”
For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for God gives the Spirit without measure.
but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never thirst again; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.”
But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such to be his worshipers.
God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”
It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.
Now on the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink!
He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from within him will flow rivers of living water.”
But he said this about the Spirit, which those believing in him were to receive. For the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus wasn’t yet glorified.
the Spirit of truth, whom the world can’t receive; for it doesn’t see him, neither knows him. You know him, for he lives with you, and will be in you.
In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.
But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.
Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, give I to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.
Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch can’t bear fruit by itself, unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me.
I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me, and I in him, the same bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
I have spoken these things to you, that my joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be made full.
“When the Counselor has come, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will testify about me.
However when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all truth, for he will not speak from himself; but whatever he hears, he will speak. He will declare to you things that are coming.
All things that are mine are yours, and yours are mine, and I am glorified in them.
When he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit!
For John indeed baptized in water, but you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth.”













