Person
Holy Spirit
Also called Spirits, Comforter, Holy Ghost
Mentioned in 211 verses across 23 books, first in Acts 1:2. The verses below are the ones linked to this person (the Theographic dataset, with our sourced corrections), not counting Old Testament verses read as about them.
In the Bible
All 51 verses in Acts, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.
Acts
- Acts 1:2
until the day He was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles He had chosen.
- Acts 1:5
For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”
- Acts 1:8
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
- Acts 1:16
“Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled which the Holy Spirit foretold through the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide for those who arrested Jesus.
- Acts 2:4
And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.
- Acts 2:17
‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.
- Acts 2:18
Even on My menservants and maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.
- Acts 2:33
Exalted, then, to the right hand of God, He has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear.
- Acts 2:38
Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every 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.
- Acts 4:8
Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers and elders of the people!
- Acts 4:31
After they had prayed, their meeting place was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.
- Acts 5:3
Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and withhold some of the proceeds from the land?
- Acts 5:9
“How could you agree to test the Spirit of the Lord?” Peter replied. “Look, the feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out also.”
- Acts 5:32
We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him.”
- Acts 6:3
Therefore, brothers, select from among you seven men confirmed to be full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will appoint this responsibility to them
- Acts 6:5
This proposal pleased the whole group. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, as well as Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas from Antioch, a convert to Judaism.
- Acts 7:51
You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.
- Acts 7:55
But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked intently into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.
- Acts 8:15
On their arrival, they prayed for them to receive the Holy Spirit.
- Acts 8:17
Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
- Acts 8:18
When Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money.
- Acts 8:19
“Give me this power as well,” he said, “so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”
- Acts 8:29
The Spirit said to Philip, “Go over to that chariot and stay by it.”
- Acts 8:39
When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord carried Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more, but went on his way rejoicing.
- Acts 9:17
So Ananias went to the house, and when he arrived, he placed his hands on Saul. “Brother Saul,” he said, “the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here, has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”
- Acts 9:31
Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria experienced a time of peace. It grew in strength and numbers, living in the fear of the Lord and the encouragement of the Holy Spirit.
- Acts 10:19
As Peter continued to reflect on the vision, the Spirit said to him, “Behold, three men are looking for you.
- Acts 10:38
how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.
- Acts 10:44
While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who heard his message.
- Acts 10:45
All the circumcised believers who had accompanied Peter were astounded that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles.
- Acts 10:47
“Can anyone withhold the water to baptize these people? They have received the Holy Spirit just as we have!”
- Acts 11:12
The Spirit told me to accompany them without hesitation. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man’s home.
- Acts 11:15
As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, just as He had fallen upon us at the beginning.
- Acts 11:16
Then I remembered the word of the Lord, as He used to say, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’
- Acts 11:24
Barnabas was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith, and a great number of people were brought to the Lord.
- Acts 11:28
One of them named Agabus stood up and predicted through the Spirit that a great famine would sweep across the whole world. (This happened under Claudius.)
- Acts 13:2
While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”
- Acts 13:4
So Barnabas and Saul, sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia and sailed from there to Cyprus.
- Acts 13:9
Then Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked directly at Elymas
- Acts 13:52
And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.
- Acts 15:8
And God, who knows the heart, showed His approval by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as He did to us.
- Acts 15:28
It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to burden you with anything beyond these essential requirements:
- Acts 16:6
After the Holy Spirit had prevented them from speaking the word in the province of Asia, they traveled through the region of Phrygia and Galatia.
- Acts 16:7
And when they came to the border of Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not permit them.
- Acts 19:2
and asked them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you became believers?” “No,” they answered, “we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”
- Acts 19:6
And when Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.
- Acts 20:23
I only know that in town after town the Holy Spirit warns me that chains and afflictions await me.
- Acts 20:28
Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.
- Acts 21:4
We sought out the disciples in Tyre and stayed with them seven days. Through the Spirit they kept telling Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.
- Acts 21:11
Coming over to us, he took Paul’s belt, bound his own feet and hands, and said, “The Holy Spirit says: ‘In this way the Jews of Jerusalem will bind the owner of this belt and hand him over to the Gentiles.’”
- Acts 28:25
They disagreed among themselves and began to leave after Paul had made this final statement: “The Holy Spirit was right when He spoke to your fathers through Isaiah the prophet:
Identified with the Holy Spirit in Christian tradition
The Hebrew speaks of the spirit (rûaḥ) of God or of the LORD. Christian tradition identifies it with the Holy Spirit, a person of the Trinity; Jewish tradition reads it as God's own power or presence, not a separate person. These 35 verses are not counted above.
- Genesis 1:2
- Genesis 41:38
- Judges 3:10
- Judges 6:34
- Judges 11:29
- Judges 13:25
- Judges 14:6
- Judges 14:19
- Judges 15:14
- 1 Samuel 10:6
- 1 Samuel 10:10
- 1 Samuel 11:6
- 1 Samuel 16:13
- 1 Samuel 16:14
- 1 Samuel 19:20
- 1 Samuel 19:23
- 2 Samuel 23:2
- 1 Kings 18:12
- 1 Kings 22:24
- 2 Kings 2:16
- 2 Chronicles 15:1
- 2 Chronicles 18:23
- 2 Chronicles 20:14
- 2 Chronicles 24:20
- Job 33:4
- Psalms 51:11
- Isaiah 40:13
- Isaiah 48:16
- Isaiah 59:19
- Isaiah 61:1
- Isaiah 63:10
- Isaiah 63:11
- Isaiah 63:14
- Ezekiel 11:5
- Ezekiel 11:24
Events
Events the dataset lists Holy Spirit as taking part in. Dates follow its Ussher–Jones reckoning (one of several traditional counts), not established history.
- c. 4004 BCCreation of all things
- no dateThe Holy Spirit is promised
- no dateThe Holy Spirit comes
- c. AD 30Peter and John's Trial
- c. AD 30Believers pray for boldness
- c. AD 30Ananias and Sapphira lie to God
- c. AD 30Seven chosen to serve
- c. AD 31Philip preaches in Samaria
- c. AD 32Conversion of Ethiopian Eunuch
- c. AD 32Saul is converted
- c. AD 38Saul proclaims Jesus
- c. AD 38Peter meets Cornelius
Dictionary
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. The entry is for the name and can describe more than one person who bore it. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.
Read Easton’s entry
The third Person of the adorable Trinity.
His personality is proved (1) from the fact that the attributes of personality, as intelligence and volition, are ascribed to him (John 14:17, 26; 15:26; 1 Cor. 2:10, 11; 12:11). He reproves, helps, glorifies, intercedes (John 16:7-13; Rom. 8:26). (2) He executes the offices peculiar only to a person. The very nature of these offices involves personal distinction (Luke 12:12; Acts 5:32; 15:28; 16:6; 28:25; 1 Cor. 2:13; Heb. 2:4; 3:7; 2 Pet. 1:21).
His divinity is established (1) from the fact that the names of God are ascribed to him (Ex. 17:7; Ps. 95:7; comp. Heb. 3:7-11); and (2) that divine attributes are also ascribed to him, omnipresence (Ps. 139:7; Eph. 2:17, 18; 1 Cor. 12:13); omniscience (1 Cor. 2:10, 11); omnipotence (Luke 1:35; Rom. 8:11); eternity (Heb. 9:4). (3) Creation is ascribed to him (Gen. 1:2; Job 26:13; Ps. 104:30), and the working of miracles (Matt. 12:28; 1 Cor. 12:9-11). (4) Worship is required and ascribed to him (Isa. 6:3; Acts 28:25; Rom. 9:1; Rev. 1:4; Matt. 28:19).