And while he[a] was with[b] them,[c] he commanded them, “Do not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for what was promised by the Father, which you heard about from me. For John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”[d]

The Ascension

So when[e] they had come together, they began asking[f] him, saying, “Lord, is it at this time you are restoring the kingdom to Israel?”

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 1:4 Here “while” is supplied as a component of the participle (“was with”) which is understood as temporal
  2. Acts 1:4 Or “was assembling with,” or “was sharing a meal with”
  3. Acts 1:4 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  4. Acts 1:5 Literally “not many days after these”
  5. Acts 1:6 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“had come together”) which is understood as temporal
  6. Acts 1:6 The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began asking”)