Acts 1:2-9 until the day when he was taken up to heaven, after he had given orders through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen.

Common⁽ⁱ⁾ ² until the day when he was taken up to heaven, after he had given orders through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. ³ To these he also presented himself alive after his suffering, by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking of the things concerning the kingdom of God. ⁴ And while staying with them, he commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for what the Father had promised, "Which," he said, "you heard of from me; ⁵ for John baptized with water, but before many days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit." ⁶ So when they had come together, they asked him, "Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?" ⁷ He said to them, "It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has fixed by his own authority. ⁸ But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the ends of the earth." ⁹ And after he had said this, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight.