Acts 1:1-3

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 instructions 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 over a period of forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God.^(C)