Acts 1:4-10

⁴While he was still with them he instructed them, “Do not leave Jerusalem. Wait to receive what the Father promised, just as you heard it from me.

⁵It's true that John baptized with water, but in just a few days' time you will be baptized by the Holy Spirit.”

⁶So when the disciples met with Jesus, they asked him, “Lord, is this the time when you will re-establish Israel's kingdom?”

⁷“You don't need to know about the dates and times that are set by the Father's authority,” he told them.

⁸“But you will be given power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, throughout Judea and Samaria, and to the farthest places on earth.”

⁹After Jesus had told them this, he was taken up as they were watching and a cloud hid him from their sight.

¹⁰While they were staring intently at the sky as he ascended, two men dressed in white were suddenly standing beside them.