ABU(i)
1 THE former narration I made, O Theophilus, concerning all things that Jesus began both to do and to teach,
2 until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commandment, through the Holy Spirit, to the apostles whom he chose;
3 to whom also he showed himself living, after he had suffered, by many infallible proofs, during forty days appearing to them, and speaking the things concerning the kingdom of God.
4 And, being assembled together with them, he commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which ye heard from me;
5 for John indeed immersed in water; but ye shall be immersed in the Holy Spirit, not many days hence.
6 They therefore, having come together, asked him, saying: Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?
7 And he said to them: It is not yours to know times or seasons, which the Father appointed by his own authority.
8 But ye shall receive power, when the Holy Spirit is come upon you; and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and Samaria, and unto the utmost part of the earth.
9 And having spoken these things, while they beheld he was borne up, and a cloud received him out of their sight.