Acts - The Rise and Expansion of Christianity - Eight Great Summary Statements - Martindale

Acts 1:1-3 KJV

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

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 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:

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The first narrative, indeed, made I, concerning all things, O Theophilus(beloved of God), which Jesus began both to do and teach,

Until the day when, having given command unto the apostles, whom through Holy Spirit he had chosen, he was taken up;

Unto whom he also presented himself alive, after he had suffered, by many sure tokens, throughout forty days making himself visible unto them, and speaking the things concerning the kingdom of God.