Acts 1:1-11

The Promise of the Holy Spirit

The first account, O ^aTheophilus, I ¹composed, about all that Jesus ^bbegan to do and teach, 2 until the day when He ^awas taken up to heaven, after He ^bhad ¹by the Holy Spirit given orders to ^cthe apostles whom He had ^dchosen, 3 to whom ^aHe also presented Himself alive after His suffering by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over forty days and speaking about ^bthe things concerning the kingdom of God. 4 And ¹gathering them together, He commanded them ^anot to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for the ^bpromise of the Father, “Which,” He said, “you heard of from Me; 5 for ¹^aJohn baptized with water, but you will be baptized ²with the Holy Spirit ³^bnot many days from now.”
6 So when they had come together, they were asking Him, saying, “Lord, ^ais it at this time You are restoring the kingdom to Israel?” 7 But He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which ^athe Father has set by His own authority; 8 but you will receive power ^awhen the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be ^bMy witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and ^cSamaria, and even to ¹^dthe end of the earth.”

The Ascension

9 And after He had said these things, ^aHe was lifted up while they were looking on, and a cloud received Him out of their sight. 10 And as they were gazing intently into ¹the sky while He was going, behold, ^atwo men in white clothing stood beside them. 11 They also said, “^aMen of Galilee, why do you stand looking toward heaven? This Jesus, who ^bhas been taken up from you into heaven, will ^ccome in just the same way as you have watched Him go into heaven.”

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