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.
10 And while they were looking intently into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;
11 who also said: Men of Galilee, why stand ye looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye saw him going into heaven.