Acts 1:1-2, NLT

Acts of the Apostles 1

The Promise of the Holy Spirit

1In my first book*1:1 The reference is to the Gospel of Luke. I told you, Theophilus, about everything Jesus began to do and teach 2until the day he was taken up to heaven after giving his chosen apostles further instructions through the Holy Spirit.

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