Act 1:4-12 | ESV | STEP | And while staying with them he ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem , but to wait for the promise of the Father , which , he said, you heard from me ;

Acts 1:4-12

4 And while staying ^{▼▼Or eating} with them ^bhe ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, he said, “you heard from me; 5 for ^cJohn baptized with water, ^dbut you will be baptized ^ewith ^{▼▼Or in} the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”

The Ascension

6 So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, ^gwill you at this time ^hrestore the kingdom to Israel?” 7 He said to them, ⁱ“It is not for you to know ^jtimes or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority. 8 But you will receive ^kpower ^lwhen the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and ^myou will be ⁿmy witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and ^oSamaria, and ^pto the end of the earth.” 9 And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, ^qhe was lifted up, and ^ra cloud took him out of their sight. 10 And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, ^stwo ^tmen stood by them in ^uwhite robes, 11 and said, ^v“Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, ^wwill ^xcome in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.”

Matthias Chosen to Replace Judas

12 Then ^ythey returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey away.