And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times, or the [a]seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.

(A)But ye shall receive power of the holy Ghost, when he shall come on you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

(B)[b]And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up: for a cloud took him up out of their sight.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 1:7 That is, the fit occasions that serve to doing of matters which the Lord hath appointed to bring things to pass in.
  2. Acts 1:9 After that Christ had promised the full virtue of the holy Ghost, wherewith he would govern his Church, although he should be absent in body, he took up his body from us into heavenly tabernacles, there to continue until the latter day of judgment, as the Angels witness.

He said to them: “It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority.(A) But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you;(B) and you will be my witnesses(C) in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria,(D) and to the ends of the earth.”(E)

After he said this, he was taken up(F) before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight.

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