Parallel Bible results for "acts 1:1-2"

Acts 1:1-2

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1 Dear Theophilus, in the first volume of this book I wrote on everything that Jesus began to do and teach
1 In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach
2 until the day he said good-bye to the apostles, the ones he had chosen through the Holy Spirit, and was taken up to heaven.
2 until the day he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen.
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