1. The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, concerning all that Jesus began both to do and teach,
2. until the day when He was taken up, after He had given commandments through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom He had chosen,
3. to whom He presented Himself alive after His passion by many infallible proofs, appearing to them for forty days, and speaking concerning the kingdom of God.
4. Being assembled with them, He commanded them, “Do not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, of which you have heard from Me.
5. For John baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”