Acts 1:1-9

¹The former book I wrote, Theophilus, told all that Jesus began to do and to teach,

²until the day that he was taken up, after he had given commands through the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen.

³After his suffering, he presented himself alive to them with many convincing proofs. For forty days he appeared to them, and he spoke about the kingdom of God.

⁴When he was meeting together with them, he commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, about which, he said, “You heard from me

⁵that John indeed baptized with water, but you shall be baptized in the Holy Spirit in a few days.”

⁶When they were assembled together they asked him, “Lord, is this the time you will restore the kingdom to Israel?”

⁷He said to them, “It is not for you to know the times or the seasons which the Father has determined by his own authority.

⁸But you will receive power, when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be my witnesses both in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

⁹When the Lord Jesus had said these things, as they were looking up, he was raised up, and a cloud hid him from their eyes.