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The former account, indeed, I made concerning all things, O Theophilus, that Jesus began both to do and to teach,
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till the day in which, having given command, through the Holy Spirit, to the apostles whom he did choose out, he was taken up,
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to whom also he did present himself alive after his suffering, in many certain proofs, through forty days being seen by them, and speaking the things concerning the reign of God.
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And being assembled together with them, he commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, [saith he,] `Ye did hear of me;
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because John, indeed, baptized with water, and ye shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit -- after not many days.'
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They, therefore, indeed, having come together, were questioning him, saying, `Lord, dost thou at this time restore the reign to Israel?'
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