Catholic Public Domain Version
" Certainly, O Theophilus, I composed the first discourse about everything that Jesus began to do and to teach, "
— Acts 1:1, Catholic Public Domain Version
“The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,”
“The former treatise I made, O Theophilus, concerning all that Jesus began both to do and to teach, ”
“The first book I wrote, Theophilus, concerned all that Jesus began both to do and to teach,”
“¶ Jesus Ascends to Heaven I wrote the former account, Theophilus, about all that Jesus began to do and teach”
“The former treatise I made, O Theophilus, of all things which Jesus began to do and to teach,”
“I have given an earlier account, O Theophilus, of all the things which Jesus did, and of his teaching from the first,”
“The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,”
Certainly, O Theophilus, I composed the first discourse about everything that Jesus began to do and to teach,
instructing the Apostles, whom he had chosen through the Holy Spirit, even until the day on which he was taken up.
He also presented himself alive to them, after his Passion, appearing to them throughout forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God with many elucidations.
And dining with them, he instructed them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but that they should wait for the Promise of the Father, “about which you have heard,” he said, “from my own mouth.