Acts 1:1-5, NLT

Acts of the Apostles 1

The Promise of the Holy Spirit

1In my first book*1:1 The reference is to the Gospel of Luke. I told you, Theophilus, about everything Jesus began to do and teach

2until the day he was taken up to heaven after giving his chosen apostles further instructions through the Holy Spirit. 3During the forty days after he suffered and died, he appeared to the apostles from time to time, and he proved to them in many ways that he was actually alive. And he talked to them about the Kingdom of God.

4Once when he was eating with them, he commanded them, “Do not leave Jerusalem until the Father sends you the gift he promised, as I told you before.

5John baptized with*1:5 Or in; also in 1:5b. water, but in just a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”

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