People of the Bible

Holy Spirit

also called Spirits, Comforter, Holy Ghost

In the story

A dot is a moment; a bar is something that lasted, drawn to its length. The numbers are the lines below.

1 Creation of all things · 4003 BC
2 The Holy Spirit is promised · 30 AD
3 The Holy Spirit comes · 30 AD
4 Peter and John's Trial · 30 AD
5 Believers pray for boldness · 30 AD
6 Ananias and Sapphira lie to God · 30 AD
7 Seven chosen to serve · 30 AD
8 Philip preaches in Samaria · 31 AD
9 Conversion of Ethiopian Eunuch · 32 AD
10 Saul is converted · 32 AD
11 Saul proclaims Jesus · 38 AD
12 Peter meets Cornelius · 38 AD
13 Peter preaches to gentiles in Caesarea · 38 AD
14 First missionary journey begins · 45 AD
15 Mission to Phrygia, Galatia and Asia · 47 AD

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

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).

From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.

Named in 246 verses

Genesis: 1:2, 41:38
Judges: 3:10, 6:34, 11:29, 13:25, 14:6, 14:19, 15:14
1 Samuel: 10:6, 10:10, 11:6, 16:13, 16:14, 19:20, 19:23
2 Samuel: 23:2
1 Kings: 18:12, 22:24
2 Kings: 2:16
2 Chronicles: 15:1, 18:23, 20:14, 24:20
Job: 33:4
Psalms: 51:11
Isaiah: 40:13, 48:16, 59:19, 61:1, 63:10, 63:11, 63:14
Ezekiel: 11:5, 11:24
Matthew: 1:18, 1:20, 3:11, 3:16, 4:1, 10:20, 12:18, 12:28, 12:31, 12:32, 28:19
Mark: 1:8, 1:10, 1:12, 3:29, 12:36, 13:11
Luke: 1:15, 1:35, 1:41, 1:67, 2:25, 2:26, 2:27, 3:16, 3:22, 4:1, 4:14, 4:18, 11:13, 12:10, 12:12
John: 1:32, 1:33, 3:5, 3:6, 3:8, 3:34, 4:24, 7:39, 14:16, 14:17, 14:26, 15:26, 16:7, 16:13, 20:22
Acts: 1:2, 1:5, 1:8, 1:16, 2:4, 2:17, 2:18, 2:33, 2:38, 4:8, 4:31, 5:3, 5:9, 5:32, 6:3, 6:5, 7:51, 7:55, 8:15, 8:17, 8:18, 8:19, 8:29, 8:39, 9:17, 9:31, 10:19, 10:38, 10:44, 10:45, 10:47, 11:12, 11:15, 11:16, 11:24, 11:28, 13:2, 13:4, 13:9, 13:52, 15:8, 15:28, 16:6, 16:7, 19:2, 19:6, 20:23, 20:28, 21:4, 21:11, 28:25
Romans: 5:5, 8:1, 8:2, 8:4, 8:5, 8:9, 8:10, 8:11, 8:13, 8:14, 8:15, 8:16, 8:23, 8:26, 8:27, 9:1, 14:17, 15:13, 15:16, 15:19, 15:30
1 Corinthians: 2:4, 2:10, 2:11, 2:13, 2:14, 3:16, 6:11, 6:19, 7:40, 12:3, 12:4, 12:7, 12:8, 12:9, 12:11, 12:13
2 Corinthians: 1:22, 3:3, 3:17, 3:18, 5:5, 6:6, 13:14
Galatians: 3:2, 3:3, 3:5, 3:14, 4:6, 4:29, 5:5, 5:16, 5:17, 5:18, 5:22, 5:25, 6:8
Ephesians: 1:13, 2:18, 2:22, 3:5, 3:16, 4:3, 4:4, 4:30, 5:9, 5:18, 6:17, 6:18
Philippians: 1:19, 2:1
Colossians: 1:8
1 Thessalonians: 1:5, 1:6, 4:8, 5:19
2 Thessalonians: 2:13
1 Timothy: 3:16, 4:1
2 Timothy: 1:14
Titus: 3:5
Hebrews: 2:4, 3:7, 6:4, 9:8, 9:14, 10:15, 10:29
1 Peter: 1:2, 1:11, 1:12, 1:22, 3:18
2 Peter: 1:21
1 John: 3:24, 4:2, 4:13, 5:6, 5:7, 5:8
Jude: 1:19, 1:20
Revelation: 1:10, 2:7, 2:11, 2:17, 2:29, 3:6, 3:13, 3:22, 11:11, 14:13, 22:17

The family, dates and events on this page come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. It is a work in progress, and its dates follow one reconstruction of biblical chronology among several. The dictionary article above is separately in the public domain.