The Promise of the Holy Spirit

In the first book, O (A)Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began (B)to do and teach, until the day when (C)he was taken up, after he (D)had given commands (E)through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. (F)He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God.

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The Preface

I produced the former account, O Theophilus, about all that[a] Jesus began to do and to teach, until the day he was taken up, after he[b] had given orders through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen, to whom he also presented himself alive after he suffered, with many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking the things about the kingdom of God.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 1:1 Literally “of what”
  2. Acts 1:2 Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“had given orders”) which is understood as temporal