The Ascension: its Central Position
Acts 1:1-12
The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,…


Luke narrates the ascension twice — showing the importance of the event. The first mention is at the end of the Gospel — forming the keystone to the life of Jesus; the second at the beginning of the Acts — forming the keystone for the edifice of the Church.

(Nesselmann.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,

WEB: The first book I wrote, Theophilus, concerned all that Jesus began both to do and to teach,




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