Then Jesus said to them: "Wait a little while. Wait in Jerusalem, and someday soon you will know that the time has come to go out and preach. God will give you the power to make other people believe in me as their Saviour. You shall tell about me in Jerusalem, and in the country all around; in Samaria, and in the farthest parts of the earth."
He lifted up his hands, and blessed them. And as he blessed them, a cloud covered him, and they did not see him any more.
Jesus had gone home to his Father.
They stared up into the sky, where he seemed to have gone. As they looked, they heard voices saying:
"You men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up into the sky? The Lord Jesus will come again!"
Then they remembered that they had work to do before they again would see Jesus. They had to go and preach, as Jesus had told them. They had to tell about him to all people everywhere.
They walked back into Jerusalem. They had to wait; but now they were not waiting for Christ the Saviour to come. They were waiting only for the sign that would tell them it was time to go out and preach that Christ had already come.