ACTS
1
Introduction
1 The first account I
1composed,
ATheophilus, about all that Jesus
Bbegan to do and teach,
2 until the day when He
Awas taken up
to heaven, after He
Bhad
1by the Holy Spirit given orders to
Cthe apostles whom He had
Dchosen.
3 To
1these
AHe also presented Himself alive after His suffering, by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over
a period of forty days and speaking of
Bthe things concerning the kingdom of God.
4 1Gathering them together, He commanded them
Anot to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for
2Bwhat the Father had promised,
“Which,” He said, “you heard of from Me; 5 for AJohn baptized with water, but you will be baptized 1with the Holy Spirit 2Bnot many days from now.” 6 So when they had come together, they were asking Him, saying, “Lord,
Ais it at this time You are restoring the kingdom to Israel?”
7 He said to them,
“It is not for you to know times or epochs which Athe Father has fixed by His own authority; 8 but you will receive power Awhen the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be BMy witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and CSamaria, and even to Dthe remotest part of the earth.” The Ascension
9 And after He had said these things,
AHe was lifted up while they were looking on, and a cloud received Him out of their sight.
10 And as they were gazing intently into
1the sky while He was going, behold,
Atwo men in white clothing stood beside them.
11 They also said, “
AMen of Galilee, why do you stand looking into
1the sky? This Jesus, who
Bhas been taken up from you into heaven, will
Ccome in just the same way as you have watched Him go into heaven.”
The Upper Room
12 Then they
Areturned to Jerusalem from the
1Bmount called
2Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a
3Sabbath day’s journey away.
13 When they had entered
the city, they went up to
Athe upper room where they were staying;
Bthat is, Peter and John and
1James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew,
1James
the son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and
CJudas
the 2son of
1James.
14 These all with one mind
Awere continually devoting themselves to prayer, along with
Bthe women, and Mary the
Cmother of Jesus, and with His
Cbrothers.
15 1At this time Peter stood up in the midst of
Athe brethren (a gathering of about one hundred and twenty
2persons was there together), and said,
16 “Brethren,
Athe Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit foretold by the mouth of David concerning Judas,
Bwho became a guide to those who arrested Jesus.
17 “For he was
Acounted among us and received his share in
Bthis ministry.”
18 (Now this man
Aacquired a field with
Bthe price of his wickedness, and falling headlong, he burst open in the middle and all his intestines gushed out.
19 And it became known to all who were living in Jerusalem; so that in
Atheir own language that field was called Hakeldama, that is, Field of Blood.)
20 “For it is written in the book of Psalms,
‘
ALᴇᴛ ʜɪs ʜoᴍᴇsᴛᴇᴀᴅ ʙᴇ ᴍᴀᴅᴇ ᴅᴇsoʟᴀᴛᴇ,
Aɴᴅ ʟᴇᴛ ɴo oɴᴇ ᴅwᴇʟʟ ɪɴ ɪᴛ’;
and,
‘
BLᴇᴛ ᴀɴoᴛʜᴇʀ ᴍᴀɴ ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ʜɪs
1oꜰꜰɪcᴇ.’
21 “Therefore it is necessary that of the men who have accompanied us all the time that
Athe Lord Jesus went in and out
1among us—
22 Abeginning
1with the baptism of John until the day that He
Bwas taken up from us—one of these
must become a
Cwitness with us of His resurrection.”
23 So they put forward two men, Joseph called Barsabbas (who was also called Justus), and
AMatthias.
24 And they
Aprayed and said, “You, Lord,
Bwho know the hearts of all men, show which one of these two You have chosen
25 to
1occupy
Athis ministry and
Bapostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place.”
26 And they
1Adrew lots for them, and the lot fell
2to
BMatthias; and he was
3added to
Cthe eleven apostles.