1:1 I composed the first discourse, O Theophilus, concerning all things
which Jesus began both to do and to teach,
1:2 until that day in which,
having by the Holy Spirit charged the apostles whom he had chosen, he was taken
up;
1:3 to whom also he presented himself living, after he had suffered,
with many proofs; being seen by them during forty days, and speaking of the
things which concern the kingdom of God;
1:4 and, being assembled with
[them], commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to await the promise of
the Father, which [said he] ye have heard of me.
1:5 For John indeed
baptised with water, but *ye* shall be baptised with the Holy Spirit after now
not many days.
1:6 They therefore, being come together, asked him saying, Lord, is
it at this time that thou restorest the kingdom to Israel ?
1:7 And he said to them, It is not yours to know times or seasons,
which the Father has placed in his own authority;
1:8 but ye will receive power, the Holy Spirit having come upon you,
and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea and Samaria,
and to the end of the earth.
1:9 And having said these things he was taken up, they beholding
[him], and a cloud received him out of their sight.
1:10 And as they were gazing into heaven, as he was going, behold,
also two men stood by them in white clothing,
1:11 who also said, Men of
Galilee, why do ye stand looking into heaven ? This Jesus who has been taken up
from you into heaven, shall thus come in the manner in which ye have beheld him
going into heaven.
1:12 Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount
called [the mount] of Olives, which is near Jerusalem, a sabbath-day's journey
off.