^31 (A)He was seen for many days by those who came up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are His witnesses to the people.

^3 (A)to whom He also presented Himself alive after His suffering by many ^[a]infallible proofs, being seen by them during forty days and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God.

⁴⁸ And ^(A)you are witnesses of these things.

^5 (A)and that He was seen by ^[a]Cephas, then ^(B)by the twelve. ⁶ After that He was seen by over five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain to the present, but some have ^[b]fallen asleep. ⁷ After that He was seen by James, then ^(C)by all the apostles.

¹¹ who also said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, ^(A)will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven.”

^8 (A)But you shall receive power ^(B)when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and ^(C)you shall be ^[a]witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and ^(D)Samaria, and to the ^(E)end of the earth.”

The Great Commission^(A)

¹⁶ Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, to the mountain ^(B)which Jesus had appointed for them.

^3 (A)how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, ^(B)which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was ^(C)confirmed to us by those who heard Him, ^4 (D)God also bearing witness ^(E)both with signs and wonders, with various miracles, and ^(F)gifts^[a] of the Holy Spirit, ^(G)according to His own will?

^41 (A)not to all the people, but to witnesses chosen before by God, even to us ^(B)who ate and drank with Him after He arose from the dead.