Acts:1:1-11

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* The former account I made , O Theophilus , of all that Jesus began both to do and teach , * until the day in which He was taken up , after He through the Holy Spirit had given commandments to the apostles whom He had chosen , * to whom He also presented Himself alive after His suffering by many infallible proofs , being seen by them during forty days and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God . * And being assembled together with them , He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem , but to wait for the Promise of the Father , "which ," He said , "you have heard from Me ; * for John truly baptized with water , but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now ." * Therefore , when they had come together , they asked Him , saying , "Lord , will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel ?" * And He said to them , "It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority . * But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you ; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem , and in all Judea and Samaria , and to the end of the earth ." * Now when He had spoken these things , while they watched , He was taken up , and a cloud received Him out of their sight . * And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up , behold , two men stood by them in white apparel , * who also said , "Men of Galilee , why do you stand gazing up into heaven ? This same Jesus , who was taken up from you into heaven , will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven ."

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