1 | In the first book, O The-oph'ilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach, |
2 | until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commandment through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. |
3 | To them he presented himself alive after his passion by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days, and speaking of the kingdom of God. |
4 | And while staying with them he charged them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, he said, "you heard from me, |