Prologue

I wrote the first narrative, Theophilus, about all that Jesus began to do and teach(A) until the day He was taken up, after He had given orders through the Holy Spirit to the apostles He had chosen.(B) After He had suffered, He also presented Himself alive to them by many convincing proofs, appearing to them during 40 days and speaking about the kingdom of God.(C)

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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