Acts 1:1-7 ▼

1 I wrote the first narrative, Theophilus, about all that Jesus began to do and teach

2 until the day he was taken up, after he had given instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen.

3 After 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.

4 While he was with them, he commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for the Father’s promise. “Which,” he said, “you have heard me speak about;

5 for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit in a few days.”

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

7 He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority.