Acts
1
The Promise of the Holy Spirit
1In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to
do and teach, 2until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commands
through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. 3 He presented
himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to
them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God.
4And
while staying with them he ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem,
but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, he said, "you
heard from me; 5for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized
with the Holy Spirit not many days from now."
The
Ascension
6So when they had come together, they asked him, "Lord, will you at this
time restore the kingdom to Israel?" 7He said to them, "It is not
for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority.
8But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you
will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the
end of the earth." 9And when he had said these things, as they were looking
on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight. 10And while
they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white
robes, 11and said,"Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven?
This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way
as you saw him go into heaven."
