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To ^[c]these ^(g)He also presented Himself alive after His suffering, by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking of ^(h)the things concerning the kingdom of God.

^[d]Gathering them together, He commanded them ⁽ⁱ⁾not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for ^[e](j)what the Father had promised, "Which," He said, "you heard of from Me;

for ^(k)John baptized with water, but you will be baptized ^[f]with the Holy Spirit ^[g](l)not many days from now."

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

He said to them, "It is not for you to know times or epochs which ⁽ⁿ⁾the Father has fixed by His own authority;

but you will receive power ^(o)when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be ^(p)My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and ^(q)Samaria, and even to ^(r)the remotest part of the earth."

And after He had said these things, ^(s)He was lifted up while they were looking on, and a cloud received Him out of their sight.