Acts 1:6-15

New American Standard Bible

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

The Ascension

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

The Upper Room

¹² Then they ^(L)returned to Jerusalem from the ^[a](M)mountain called ^[b]Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a ^[c]Sabbath day’s journey away. ¹³ When they had entered the city, they went up to ^(N)the upstairs room where they were staying, that is, ^(O)Peter, John, ^[d]James, and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, ^[e]James the son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and ^(P)Judas the ^[f]son of ^[g]James. ¹⁴ All these ^(Q)were continually devoting themselves with one ^[h]mind to prayer, along with ^(R)the women, and Mary the ^(S)mother of Jesus, and with His ^(T)brothers.

^15 [i]At this time Peter stood up among ^(U)the brothers and sisters (a group of about 120 ^[j]people was there together), and said,