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The former treatise I made ,
O Theophilus ,
of all things which Jesus began to do and to teach ,
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Until the day on which ,
giving commandments by the Holy Ghost to the apostles whom he had chosen ,
he was taken up .
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To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion ,
by many proofs ,
for forty days appearing to them ,
and speaking of the kingdom of God .
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And eating together with them ,
he commanded them ,
that they should not depart from Jerusalem ,
but should wait for the promise of the Father ,
which you have heard (
saith he )
by my mouth .
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For John indeed baptized with water ,
but you shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost ,
not many days hence .
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They therefore who were come together ,
asked him ,
saying :
Lord ,
wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel ?
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But he said to them :
It is not for you to know the times or moments ,
which the Father hath put in his own power :
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But you shall receive the power of the Holy Ghost coming upon you ,
and you shall be witnesses unto me in Jerusalem ,
and in all Judea ,
and Samaria ,
and even to the uttermost part of the earth .
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And when he had said these things ,
while they looked on ,
he was raised up :
and a cloud received him out of their sight .
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And while they were beholding him going up to heaven ,
behold two men stood by them in white garments .
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Who also said :
Ye men of Galilee ,
why stand you looking up to heaven ?
This Jesus who is taken up from you into heaven ,
shall so come ,
as you have seen him going into heaven .