Acts 1:1-3

Holman Christian Standard Bible

Prologue

1 I wrote the first narrative, Theophilus, about all that Jesus began to do and teach^{(A) 2} until the day He was taken up, after He had given orders through the Holy Spirit to the apostles He had chosen.^{(B) 3} After He had suffered, He also presented Himself alive to them by many convincing proofs, appearing to them during 40 days and speaking about the kingdom of God.^(C)