While he was at table with them he ordered them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for what the Father had promised. “You heard it from my own lips:
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2up to the day he was taken up, after he had given his instructions, through the Holy Spirit, to the apostles he had chosen. 3To these same men he presented himself alive after his suffering, with proof upon proof: over forty days he let them see him, and he spoke to them about the kingdom of God. 4While he was at table with them he ordered them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for what the Father had promised. “You heard it from my own lips: 5John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.” 6So when they had come together they put this to him: “Lord, is this the time when you restore the kingdom to Israel?”
