Acts 1:1-7 ▼

1 THE former record I made, Theophilus, of all things that Jesus began both to do and to teach,

2 till the day on which he was taken up, after he had, through the Holy Spirit, given commandments to the apostles whom he had chosen.

3 To whom, after he had suffered, he also showed himself alive, by many indubitable proofs; appearing to them for forty days, and speaking of the things that pertain to the kingdom of God.

4 And calling them together, he commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of my Father, which, said he, you have heard from me;

5 for John indeed immersed in water, but you shall be immersed in the Holy Spirit, not many days hence.

6 Therefore, when they came together, they asked him, saying: Lord, wilt thou at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?

7 But he said to them: It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has reserved under his own control.