Acts 1:3-12

New American Standard Bible

³To ^[a]these ^(A)He also presented Himself alive after His suffering, by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking of ^(B)things regarding the kingdom of God. ⁴^[b]Gathering them together, He commanded them ^(C)not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for ^[c]^(D)what the Father had promised, “Which,” He said, “you heard of from Me; ⁵for ^(E)John baptized ^[d]with water, but you will be baptized ^[e]with the Holy Spirit ^[f]^(F)not many days from now.”

⁶So, when they had come together, they began asking Him, saying, “Lord, ^(G)is it at this time that You are restoring the kingdom to Israel?” ⁷But He said to them, “It is not for you to know periods of time or appointed times which ^(H)the Father has set by His own authority; ⁸but you will receive power ^(I)when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be ^(J)My witnesses both in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and ^(K)Samaria, and as far as ^(L)the remotest part of the earth.”

The Ascension

⁹And after He had said these things, ^(M)He was lifted up while they were watching, and a cloud took Him up, out of their sight. ¹⁰And as they were gazing intently into the sky while He was going, then behold, ^(N)two men in white clothing stood beside them, ¹¹and they said, “^(O)Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who ^(P)has been taken up from you into heaven, will ^(Q)come in the same way as you have watched Him go into heaven.”