The Holy Spirit Promised

^4 (A)And being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the Father, “which,” He said, “you have ^(B)heard from Me; ^5 (C)for John truly baptized with water, ^(D)but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.” ⁶ Therefore, when they had come together, they asked Him, saying, “Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” ⁷ And He said to them, ^(E)“It is not for you to ^(F)know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority. ^8 (G)But you shall receive power ^(H)when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and ^(I)you shall be ^[a]witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and ^(J)Samaria, and to the ^(K)end of the earth.”

Jesus Ascends to Heaven^(L)

^9 (M)Now when He had spoken these things, while they watched, ^(N)He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight. ¹⁰ And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them ^(O)in white apparel, ¹¹ who also said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, ^(P)will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven.”

The Upper Room Prayer Meeting

^12 (Q)Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey. ¹³ And when they had entered, they went up ^(R)into the upper room where they were staying: ^(S)Peter, James, John, and Andrew; Philip and Thomas; Bartholomew and Matthew; James the son of Alphaeus and ^(T)Simon the Zealot; and ^(U)Judas the son of James. ^14 (V)These all continued with one ^[b]accord in prayer ^[c]and supplication, with ^(W)the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with ^(X)His brothers.

Matthias Chosen^(Y)

¹⁵ And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the ^[d]disciples (altogether the number ^(Z)of names was about a hundred and twenty), and said,