Acts 1:1-7 ▼

1 In the first book, Theophilus, I dealt with all that Jesus did and taught

2 until the day he was taken up, after giving instructions through the holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen.

3 He presented himself alive to them by many proofs after he had suffered, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God.

4 While meeting with them, he enjoined them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for “the promise of the Father about which you have heard me speak;

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

6 When they had gathered together they asked him, “Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?”

7 He answered them, “It is not for you to know the times or seasons that the Father has established by his own authority.