1. I wrote the first narrative, Theophilus, about all that Jesus began to do and teach
2. until the day He was taken up, after He had given orders through the Holy Spirit to the apostles He had chosen.
3. After He had suffered, He also presented Himself alive to them by many convincing proofs, appearing to them during 40 days and speaking about the kingdom of God.
4. While He was together with them, He commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for the Father’s promise. “This,” He said, “is what you heard from Me;