Acts 1:1-11
Acts 1:1-11 (Good News Translation)
1Dear Theophilus:
In my first book I wrote about all the things that Jesus did and
taught from the time he began his work
2until the day he was taken up to heaven. Before he was taken
up, he gave instructions by the power of the Holy Spirit to the men he had
chosen as his apostles.
3For forty days after his death he appeared to them many times
in ways that proved beyond doubt that he was alive. They saw him, and he
talked with them about the Kingdom of God.
4And when they came together,
he gave them this order:
Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift I told you about,
the gift my Father promised.
5John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be
baptized with the Holy Spirit.
6When the apostles met together with Jesus, they asked him,
"Lord, will you at this time give the Kingdom back to Israel?"
7Jesus said to them,
The times and occasions are set by my Father's own authority,
and it is not for you to know when they will be.
8But when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, you will be filled
with power, and you will be witnesses for me in Jerusalem, in all of Judea
and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.
9After saying this, he was taken up to heaven as they watched
him, and a cloud hid him from their sight.
10They still had their eyes fixed on the sky as he went away,
when two men dressed in white suddenly stood beside them
11and said,
"Galileans, why are you standing there looking up at the sky?
This Jesus, who was taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same
way that you saw him go to heaven."
God bless you.
1Dear Theophilus:
In my first book I wrote about all the things that Jesus did and
taught from the time he began his work
2until the day he was taken up to heaven. Before he was taken
up, he gave instructions by the power of the Holy Spirit to the men he had
chosen as his apostles.
3For forty days after his death he appeared to them many times
in ways that proved beyond doubt that he was alive. They saw him, and he
talked with them about the Kingdom of God.
4And when they came together,
he gave them this order:
Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift I told you about,
the gift my Father promised.
5John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be
baptized with the Holy Spirit.
6When the apostles met together with Jesus, they asked him,
"Lord, will you at this time give the Kingdom back to Israel?"
7Jesus said to them,
The times and occasions are set by my Father's own authority,
and it is not for you to know when they will be.
8But when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, you will be filled
with power, and you will be witnesses for me in Jerusalem, in all of Judea
and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.
9After saying this, he was taken up to heaven as they watched
him, and a cloud hid him from their sight.
10They still had their eyes fixed on the sky as he went away,
when two men dressed in white suddenly stood beside them
11and said,
"Galileans, why are you standing there looking up at the sky?
This Jesus, who was taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same
way that you saw him go to heaven."
God bless you.
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