The forty-day notice is narrative chronology, not a license for speculative numerology. 'Baptized with the Holy Ghost' recalls John the Baptist’s promise and anticipates Pentecost; the book will repeatedly distinguish the Spirit as God’s gift from magic, status, or purchase.

Jesus / canonical connection: The risen Jesus continues his mission in Acts, teaching about the kingdom and promising the Father’s Spirit. Retain: Acts is the continued mission of the risen Jesus through Spirit-empowered witnesses.

Jesus / canonical connection: Jesus is not absent after the ascension: he speaks, appears, directs mission, is invoked in prayer and baptism, empowers signs, receives Stephen’s spirit, and remains the content and Lord of the mission. Retain as the whole-book Christological spine and reconcile through passage-specific records.