Acts 1:1–11

¹I composed the first discourse, O Theophilus, concerning all things which Jesus began both to do and to teach, ²until that day in which, having by the Holy Spirit charged the apostles whom he had chosen, he was taken up; ³to whom also he presented himself living, after he had suffered, with many proofs; being seen by them during forty days, and speaking of the things which concern the kingdom of God; ⁴and, being assembled with them, commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to await the promise of the Father, which said he ye have heard of me. ⁵For John indeed baptised with water, but ye shall be baptised with the Holy Spirit after now not many days.

⁶They therefore, being come together, asked him saying, Lord, is it at this time that thou restorest the kingdom to Israel? ⁷And he said to them, It is not yours to know times or seasons, which the Father has placed in his own authority; ⁸but ye will receive power, the Holy Spirit having come upon you, and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth. ⁹And having said these things he was taken up, they beholding him, and a cloud received him out of their sight. ¹⁰And as they were gazing into heaven, as he was going, behold, also two men stood by them in white clothing, ¹¹who also said, Men of Galilee, why do ye stand looking into heaven? This Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven, shall thus come in the manner in which ye have beheld him going into heaven.