and for manydaysHe appearedto thosewho cameup with Him from Galileeto Jerusalem,the very ones whoare nowHis witnessesto the people.
To theseHe alsopresentedHimselfaliveafterHis suffering,by manyconvincing proofs,appearingto them over[a period of] fortydaysand speakingof the things concerningthe kingdomof God.
"You are witnessesof these things.
They alsosaid,"Menof Galilee,whydo you standlookinginto the sky?ThisJesus,who has been takenup from you into heaven,will comein justthe same wayas you have watchedHim gointo heaven."
but you will receivepowerwhen the HolySpirithas comeupon you; and you shall be My witnessesbothin Jerusalem,and in allJudeaand Samaria,and evento the remotest partof the earth."
But the elevendisciplesproceededto Galilee,to the mountainwhichJesushad designated.
not to allthe people,but to witnesseswho were chosen beforehandby God,[that is], to us whoateand drankwith Him afterHe arosefrom the dead.
"We are witnessesof all the thingsHe didbothin the landof the Jewsand in Jerusalem.They alsoput Him to deathby hangingHim on a cross.
"And we are witnessesof thesethings;and [so is] the HolySpirit,whomGodhas givento thosewho obeyHim."
but put to deaththe Princeof life,[the one] whomGodraisedfrom the dead,[a fact] to whichwe are witnesses.
"ThisJesusGodraised up again,to whichwe are allwitnesses.
beginningwith the baptismof Johnuntilthe daythat He was takenup from us-- oneof these[must] becomea witnesswith us of His resurrection."
and you [will] testifyalso,becauseyou have beenwith Me from the beginning.
