The Promise of the Holy Spirit

1 In the first book, O ^(A)Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began ^(B)to do and teach, ² until the day when ^(C)he was taken up, after he ^(D)had given commands ^(E)through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. ^3 (F)He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God.

⁴ And while staying^[a] with them ^(G)he ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, he said, “you heard from me; ⁵ for ^(H)John baptized with water, ^(I)but you will be baptized ^(J)with^[b] the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”

The Ascension

⁶ So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, ^(K)will you at this time ^(L)restore the kingdom to Israel?” ⁷ He said to them, ^(M)“It is not for you to know ^(N)times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority. ⁸ But you will receive ^(O)power ^(P)when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and ^(Q)you will be ^(R)my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and ^(S)Samaria, and ^(T)to the end of the earth.” ⁹ And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, ^(U)he was lifted up, and ^(V)a cloud took him out of their sight. ¹⁰ And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, ^(W)two ^(X)men stood by them in ^(Y)white robes, ¹¹ and said, ^(Z)“Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, ^(AA)will ^(AB)come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.”

¹¹ And I am no longer in the world, but ^(A)they are in the world, and ^(B)I am coming to you. ^(C)Holy Father, ^(D)keep them in your name, ^(E)which you have given me, ^(F)that they may be one, ^(G)even as we are one. ^12 (H)While I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given me. I have ^(I)guarded them, and ^(J)not one of them has been lost except ^(K)the son of destruction, ^(L)that the Scripture might be fulfilled. ¹³ But now ^(M)I am coming to you, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have ^(N)my joy fulfilled in themselves. ^14 (O)I have given them your word, and ^(P)the world has hated them ^(Q)because they are not of the world, ^(R)just as I am not of the world. ¹⁵ I ^(S)do not ask that you ^(T)take them out of the world, but that you ^(U)keep them from ^(V)the evil one.^{[a] 16 (W)}They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. ^17 (X)Sanctify them^[b] in the truth; ^(Y)your word is truth. ^18 (Z)As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world. ¹⁹ And ^(AA)for their sake ^(AB)I consecrate myself,^[c] that they also ^(AC)may be sanctified^[d] in truth.