1 In my former book,A)" data-cr="#cen-NIV-26925A" style="font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px;"> Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teachB)" data-cr="#cen-NIV-26925B" style="font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px;"> 2 until the day he was taken up to heaven,C)" data-cr="#cen-NIV-26926C" style="font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px;"> after giving instructionsD)" data-cr="#cen-NIV-26926D" style="font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px;"> through the Holy Spirit to the apostlesE)" data-cr="#cen-NIV-26926E" style="font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px;"> he had chosen.F)" data-cr="#cen-NIV-26926F" style="font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px;"> 3 After his suffering, he presented himself to them and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive. He appeared to themG)" data-cr="#cen-NIV-26927G" style="font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px;"> over a period of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God.H)" data-cr="#cen-NIV-26927H" style="font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px;"> 4 On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but waitI)" data-cr="#cen-NIV-26928I" style="font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px;"> for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about.J)" data-cr="#cen-NIV-26928J" style="font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px;"> 5 For John baptized witha]" style="font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px;">[a] water,K)" data-cr="#cen-NIV-26929K" style="font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px;"> but in a few days you will be baptized withb]" style="font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px;">[b] the Holy Spirit.”L)" data-cr="#cen-NIV-26929L" style="font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px;">

6 Then they gathered around him and asked him, “Lord, are you at this time going to restoreM)" data-cr="#cen-NIV-26930M" style="font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px;"> 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.N)" data-cr="#cen-NIV-26931N" style="font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px;"> 8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you;O)" data-cr="#cen-NIV-26932O" style="font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px;"> and you will be my witnessesP)" data-cr="#cen-NIV-26932P" style="font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px;"> in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria,Q)" data-cr="#cen-NIV-26932Q" style="font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px;"> and to the ends of the earth.”R)" data-cr="#cen-NIV-26932R" style="font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px;">

9 After he said this, he was taken upS)" data-cr="#cen-NIV-26933S" style="font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px;"> before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight.

10 They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in whiteT)" data-cr="#cen-NIV-26934T" style="font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px;"> stood beside them. 11 “Men of Galilee,”U)" data-cr="#cen-NIV-26935U" style="font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px;"> they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come backV)" data-cr="#cen-NIV-26935V" style="font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px;"> in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.”