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Prologue

In the first part of my work, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus did and taught from the beginning

until the day he was taken up to heaven. But first, he had instructed, through the Holy Spirit, the apostles he had chosen.

Promise of the Holy Spirit

After his passion, he presented himself to them, giving many signs that he was alive. Over a period of forty days, he showed himself to them and taught them about the kingdom of God.

Once, while he was eating with them, he told them:

John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit within a few days.”

Ascension of Jesus

When they had gathered together, they asked him:

“Is it now that you will restore the kingdom of Israel?”

He answered:

“It is not for you to know the time and the steps that the Father has fixed by his own authority.

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, throughout Judea and Samaria, even to the ends of the earth.”

After Jesus said this, he was taken up before their eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight.

While they were still looking up to heaven, where he went, suddenly, two men dressed in white stood beside them

and said: “Men of Galilee, why do you stand here looking up at the sky? This Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will return in the same way as you have seen him go there.”