07/02/2023
Acts 1:1-9
[1]In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach
[2]until the day he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen.
[3]After his suffering, he presented himself to them and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive. He appeared to them over a period of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God.
[4]On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about.
[5]For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”
[6]Then they gathered around him and asked him, “Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?”
[7]He said to them: “It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority.
[8]But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
[9]After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight.
