1I wrote the first narrative, Theophilus, about all that Jesus began to do and teach^a ²until the day he was taken up, after he had given instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen.^b ³After he had suffered, he also presented himself alive to them by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God.^c

THE HOLY SPIRIT PROMISED

⁴While he was^A with them, he commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for the Father’s promise.^d “Which,” he said, “you have heard me speak about; ⁵for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit in a few days.”^e

⁶So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, are you restoring the kingdom to Israel at this time?”

⁷He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority.^f ⁸But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come on you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”^g

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Acts 1:8: “But 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.”

Footnotes

AOr he was eating, or he was lodging

Cross references

a Lk 1:3; 24:19
b Mt 28:19–20; Lk 24:47; Jn 20:21
c Mt 28:17; Mk 16:14; Lk 24:34,36; Jn 20:19; 1Co 15:5–7
d Lk 24:49; Jn 14:1; Ac 2:33
e Jl 3:18; Mt 3:11; Ac 11:16
f Mt 24:36; Mk 13:32; 1Th 5:1
g Lk 24:48; Ac 2:1,4; 4:33; 8:1,14; 13:47