1 The former account I made, O ^aTheophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,  ‡

2 ^auntil the day in which¹ He was taken up, after He through the Holy Spirit ^bhad given commandments to the apostles whom He had chosen,  ‡

3 ^ato whom He also presented Himself alive after His suffering by many¹ infallible proofs, being seen by them during forty days and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God.  ‡