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Acts 1:13

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When they had come in, they went up into the upper room, where they were staying; that is Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of James.

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From the Mount of Olives near Jerusalem, Jesus had commissioned the apostles to witness in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and beyond; Galilee was their home region and the setting of much of Jesus’ ministry. In Acts 1:13, their return to Jerusalem places them at the starting point of this promised, Spirit-empowered mission.

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Acts 1:13 mentions Galilee, Jerusalem, Judea, Mount of Olives and Samaria.

Galilee · מלאק אבו גוש
Jerusalem · Godot13
Judea · Davidbena
Mount of Olives · xiquinhosilva

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