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1The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,
²Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen:
³To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:
⁴And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me.
⁵For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.
⁶When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?
⁷And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.
⁸But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
⁹And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.
¹⁰And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;
¹¹Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.

Psalm 107

¹O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
²Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;
³And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.
⁴They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.
⁵Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
⁶Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.
⁷And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.
⁸Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
⁹For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
¹⁰Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
¹¹Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:
¹²Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help.
¹³Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.
¹⁴He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.
¹⁵Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
¹⁶For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.
¹⁷Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
¹⁸Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.
¹⁹Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses.
²⁰He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.
²¹Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
²²And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.
²³They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;
²⁴These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.
²⁵For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.
²⁶They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.
²⁷They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit’s end.
²⁸Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.
²⁹He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.
³⁰Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.
³¹Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
³²Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.
³³He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;
³⁴A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
³⁵He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.
³⁶And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;
³⁷And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.
³⁸He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
³⁹Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.
⁴⁰He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.
⁴¹Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.
⁴²The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
⁴³Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the Lord.

⁴⁴And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.
⁴⁵Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,
⁴⁶And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:
⁴⁷And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
⁴⁸And ye are witnesses of these things.
⁴⁹And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.
⁵⁰And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.
⁵¹And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.
⁵²And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy:
⁵³And were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.