⁷ After that He was seen by James, then ^(A)by all the apostles.

^2 (A)until the day in which ^[a]He was taken up, after He through the Holy Spirit ^(B)had given commandments to the apostles whom He had chosen, ^3 (C)to whom He also presented Himself alive after His suffering by many ^[b]infallible proofs, being seen by them during forty days and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God.

The Holy Spirit Promised

^4 (D)And being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the Father, “which,” He said, “you have ^(E)heard from Me; ^5 (F)for John truly baptized with water, ^(G)but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.” ⁶ Therefore, when they had come together, they asked Him, saying, “Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” ⁷ And He said to them, ^(H)“It is not for you to ^(I)know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority. ^8 (J)But you shall receive power ^(K)when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and ^(L)you shall be ^[c]witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and ^(M)Samaria, and to the ^(N)end of the earth.”

Jesus Ascends to Heaven^(O)

^9 (P)Now when He had spoken these things, while they watched, ^(Q)He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight. ¹⁰ And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them ^(R)in white apparel, 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, ^(S)will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven.”

The Upper Room Prayer Meeting

^12 (T)Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey.

The Ascension^(A)

⁵⁰ And He led them out ^(B)as far as Bethany, and He lifted up His hands and blessed them.

¹⁷ But ^(A)motioning to them with his hand to keep silent, he declared to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, “Go, tell these things to James and to the brethren.” And he departed and went to another place.

Jesus Appears to His Disciples^(A)

^36 (B)Now as they said these things, Jesus Himself stood in the midst of them, and said to them, “Peace to you.”

³³ So they rose up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven and those who were with them gathered together,