Acts 1:1–8

The Promise of the Holy Spirit

¹In the first book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and teach^{* 2}until the day when he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen.^{* 3}After his suffering^a he presented himself alive to them by many convincing proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God.^{* 4}While staying^b with them, he ordered them not to leave Jerusalem but to wait there for the promise of the Father. “This,” he said, “is what you have heard from me;^{* 5}for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with^c the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”^*

The Ascension of Jesus

⁶So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, is this the time when you will restore the kingdom to Israel?”^{* 7}He replied, “It is not for you to know the times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority.^{* 8}But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”^*