To these he also showed himself alive after he suffered, by many proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking about God’s Kingdom.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Acts 1:3 in context
Acts 1:1–6
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The first book I wrote, Theophilus, concerned all that Jesus began both to do and to teach,
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until the day in which he was received up, after he had given commandment through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen.
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To these he also showed himself alive after he suffered, by many proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking about God’s Kingdom.
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Being assembled together with them, he commanded them, “Don’t depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which you heard from me.
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For John indeed baptized in water, but you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”
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Therefore, when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, are you now restoring the kingdom to Israel?”
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