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until the day when He ^(C1)was taken up to heaven, after He ^(C2)had given orders ^(F1)by the Holy Spirit to ^(C3)the apostles whom He had ^(C4)chosen.

To ^(F1)these ^(C1)He also presented Himself alive after His suffering, by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking of ^(C2)things regarding the kingdom of God.

^(F1)Gathering them together, He commanded them ^(C1)not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for ^(F2)(C2)what the Father had promised, "Which," He said, "you heard of from Me;

for ^(C1)John baptized ^(F1)with water, but you will be baptized ^(F1)with the Holy Spirit ^(F2)(C2)not many days from now."

So, when they had come together, they began asking Him, saying, "Lord, ^(C1)is it at this time that You are restoring the kingdom to Israel?"

But He said to them, "It is not for you to know periods of time or appointed times which ^(C1)the Father has set by His own authority;

but you will receive power ^(C1)when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be ^(C2)My witnesses both in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and ^(C3)Samaria, and as far as ^(C4)the remotest part of the earth."

And after He had said these things, ^(C1)He was lifted up while they were watching, and a cloud took Him up, out of their sight.