Acts 1:1-9 (Revised Standard Version)
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In the first book, O The-oph'ilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach,
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until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commandment through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen.
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To them he presented himself alive after his passion by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days, and speaking of the kingdom of God.
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And while staying with them he charged them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, he said, "you heard from me,
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for John baptized with water, but before many days you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit."
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So when they had come together, they asked him, "Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?"
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He said to them, "It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has fixed by his own authority.
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But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Sama'ria and to the end of the earth."
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And when he had said this, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight.
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