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And [a]gathering them together, He commanded them (A)not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for the (B)promise of the Father, “Which,” He said, “you heard of from Me; for [b](C)John baptized with water, but you will be baptized [c]with the Holy Spirit [d](D)not many days from now.”

So when they had come together, they were asking Him, saying, “Lord, (E)is it at this time You are restoring the kingdom to Israel?” But He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which (F)the Father has set by His own authority; but you will receive power (G)when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be (H)My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and (I)Samaria, and even to [e](J)the end of the earth.”

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 1:4 Or eating with, lodging with
  2. Acts 1:5 Gr Joannes, Heb Johanan; so in Acts
  3. Acts 1:5 Or in
  4. Acts 1:5 Lit not long after these many days
  5. Acts 1:8 Cf. Is 42:6; 49:6; Acts 13:47

The Holy Spirit Promised

While he was[a] with them, he commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for the Father’s promise.(A) “Which,” he said, “you have heard me speak about; for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit in a few days.”(B)

So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, are you restoring the kingdom to Israel at this time?”

He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority.(C) But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come on you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 1:4 Or he was eating, or he was lodging