³After his suffering, he presented himself to them and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive. He appeared to them^g over a period of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God.^h ⁴On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but waitⁱ for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about.^j ⁵For John baptized with^a water,^k but in a few days you will be baptized with^b the Holy Spirit.”^l

⁶Then they gathered around him and asked him, “Lord, are you at this time going to restore^m the kingdom to Israel?”

⁷He said to them: “It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority.ⁿ ⁸But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you;^o and you will be my witnesses^p in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria,^q and to the ends of the earth.”^r

⁹After he said this, he was taken up^s before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight.

¹⁰They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white^t stood beside them. ¹¹“Men of Galilee,”^u they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back^v in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.”

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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

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Cross references

g Mt 28:17; Lk 24:34, 36; Jn 20:19, 26; 21:1, 14; 1 Co 15:5–7
hSee Mt 3:2
i Ps 27:14
j Lk 24:49; Jn 14:16; Ac 2:33
kSee Mk 1:4
lSee Mk 1:8
m Mt 17:11; Ac 3:21
n Dt 29:29; Ps 102:13; Mt 24:36
o Ac 2:1–4
pSee Lk 24:48
q Ac 8:1–25
rSee Mt 28:19
sver 2; See Mk 16:19
tSee Jn 20:12
u Ac 2:7
vSee Mt 16:27