riversident - Acts:1:1-11

riversident@Acts:1:1 @ IN my first book, Theophilus, I told of all that Jesus did and taught from the beginning

riversident@Acts:1:2 @ down to the day when, after giving commands, through the Holy Spirit, to the apostles whom he had chosen, he was taken up to heaven.

riversident@Acts:1:3 @ By many proofs he revealed himself to these men as still alive after his sufferings; for he was seen by them for forty days and spoke of things relating to the kingdom of God.

riversident@Acts:1:4 @ Also while eating with them, he charged them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, said he,

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riversident@Acts:1:6 @ When they came together, they asked him, "Master, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?"

riversident@Acts:1:7 @ He said to them,

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riversident@Acts:1:9 @ He said this and then, while they were looking on, he was taken up and a cloud lifted him from their sight.

riversident@Acts:1:10 @ They were gazing into the sky as he went, when suddenly two men in white robes were standing beside them

riversident@Acts:1:11 @ and said, "Men of Galilee, why are you standing and looking up into the sky? This Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way that you have seen him go into heaven."