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Acts 1:8

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From the Mount of Olives near Jerusalem, the risen Jesus commissions his disciples to be his Spirit-empowered witnesses, beginning in Jerusalem and Judea, extending through Samaria, and reaching the world. Galilee, where much of Jesus’ ministry occurred, frames the disciples’ earlier calling and preparation.

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Acts 1:8 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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