Acts 1:1-9

1The first account I 1composed, 2Theophilus, about all that Jesus 3began to do and teach, 2until the day when He 4was taken up to heaven, after He 5had 6by the Holy Spirit given orders to 7the apostles whom He had 8chosen. 3To 9these 10He also presented Himself alive after His suffering, by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking of 11the things concerning the kingdom of God. 412Gathering them together, He commanded them 13not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for 1415what the Father had promised, “Which,” He said, “you heard of from Me; 5for 16John baptized with water, but you will be baptized 17with the Holy Spirit 1819not many days from now.”

6So when they had come together, they were asking Him, saying, “Lord, 20is it at this time You are restoring the kingdom to Israel?” 7He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or epochs which 21the Father has fixed by His own authority; 8but you will receive power 22when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be 23My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and 24Samaria, and even to 25the remotest part of the earth.” 9And after He had said these things, 26He was lifted up while they were looking on, and a cloud received Him out of their sight.