” Matthias Chosen to Replace Judasġ2 Then b they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey away. 10 And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, v two w men stood by them in x white robes, 11 and said, y “ Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven ? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, z will a come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven. ” 9 And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, t he was lifted up, and u a cloud took him out of their sight. 8 But you will receive n power o when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and p you will be q my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and r Samaria, and s to the end of the earth. ” The AscensionĦ So when they had come together, they asked him, “ Lord, j will you at this time k restore the kingdom to Israel ? ” 7 He said to them, l “ It is not for you to know m times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority. Ĥ And while staying 1 with them g he ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, he said, “ you heard from me 5 for h John baptized with water, h but you will be baptized i with 2 the Holy Spirit not many days from now. 3 f He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God. 1 In the first book, O a Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began b to do and teach, 2 until the day when c he was taken up, after he d had given commands e through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen.
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