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The first account I composed, Theophilus, about all that Jesus began to do and teach,

The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,

until the day when He was taken up to heaven, after He had given orders by the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom He had chosen.

Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen:

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

To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God: