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The former narrative I made ,
O Theophilus ,
of all that Jesus both did and taught from the beginning
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until the day in which ,
after he had through the Holy Spirit given commandments to the apostles whom he had chosen ,
he was taken up ;
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to whom also he showed himself living ,
after he had suffered ,
by many sure proofs ,
appearing to them during forty days ,
and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God .
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And while in assembly with them ,
he commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem ,
but to wait for what had been promised by the Father ,
which ye heard from me ;
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for John indeed baptized with water ,
but ye will be baptized in the Holy Spirit not many days hence .
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They therefore ,
having come together ,
asked him ,
saying ,
Lord ,
art thou at this time about to restore the kingdom to Israel ?
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But he said to them ,
It belongeth not to you to know times or seasons ,
which the Father appointed by his own authority .
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But ye will receive power when the Holy Spirit hath come upon you ;
and ye will be my witnesses ,
both in Jerusalem and in all Judaea ,
and in Samaria ,
and to the end of the earth .
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And having thus spoken ,
while they beheld ,
he was taken up ;
and a cloud received him out of their sight .
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And while they were looking earnestly into heaven as he went up ,
lo !
two men stood by them in white apparel ,
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who said ,
Men of Galilee ,
why stand ye gazing up into heaven ?
This Jesus ,
who hath been taken up from you into heaven ,
will come in the same manner in which ye beheld him going into heaven .