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Acts 1:1-8 NIV
1 In my former book, Theophilus,
I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach
2 until the day he was taken up
to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the
apostles he had chosen.
3 After his suffering, he
showed himself to these men and gave many convincing proofs that he
was alive. He appeared to them over a period of forty days and spoke
about the kingdom of God.
4 On one occasion, while he was
eating with them, he gave them this command: "Do not leave
Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have
heard me speak about.
5 For John baptized with water,
but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit."
6 So when they met together, they asked him, "Lord, are you at
this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?"
7 He said to them: "It is not for you to know the times or
dates the Father has set by his own authority.
8 But you will receive power
when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in
Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the
earth." |
