Acts 1
1
Prologue
1I wrote the first narrative, Theophilus, about all that Jesus began to do and teach # Lk 1:3; 24:19 2until the day He was taken up, after He had given orders through the Holy Spirit to the apostles He had chosen. # Mt 28:19-20; Lk 24:47; Jn 20:21 3After 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. # Mt 28:17; Mk 16:14; Lk 24:34,36; Jn 20:19; 1Co 15:5-7
The Holy Spirit Promised
4While He was together # Or He was eating, or He was lodging with them, He commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for the Father’s promise. # Lk 24:49; Jn 14:1; Ac 2:33 “This,” He said, “is what you heard from Me; 5for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.” # Jl 3:18; Mt 3:11; Ac 11:16
6So when they had come together, they asked Him, “Lord, are You restoring the kingdom to Israel at this time? ”
7He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or periods that the Father has set by His own authority. # Mt 24:36; Mk 13:32; 1Th 5:1 8But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come on you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends # Lit the end of the earth.” # Lk 24:48; Ac 2:1,4; 4:33; 8:1,14; 13:47
The Ascension
9After He had said this, He was taken up as they were watching, and a cloud took Him out of their sight. 10While He was going, they were gazing into heaven, and suddenly two men in white clothes stood by them. # Mt 28:13; Mk 16:5; Lk 24:4; Jn 20:12 11They said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up into heaven? This Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come in the same way that you have seen Him going into heaven.” # Mt 16:27; Ac 2:7; 1Th 1:10; 2Th 1:10
United in Prayer
12Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called the Mount of Olives, which is near Jerusalem — a Sabbath day’s journey away. 13When they arrived, they went to the room # Ac 9:37,39; 20:8 upstairs where they were staying:
Peter, John,
James, Andrew,
Philip, Thomas,
Bartholomew, Matthew,
James the son of Alphaeus,
Simon the Zealot,
and Judas the son of James. # Mt 10:2-4; Mk 3:16-19; Lk 6:14-16
14All these were continually united # Ac 2:46; 4:24; 5:12; 15:25; Rm 15:6 in prayer, # Other mss add and petition along with the women, including Mary # Or prayer, with their wives and Mary the mother of Jesus, and His brothers. # Mt 12:46; Lk 23:49,55; Rm 12:12; Col 4:2
Matthias Chosen
15During these days Peter stood up among the brothers # Other mss read disciples — the number of people who were together was about 120 — and said: 16“Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled that the Holy Spirit through the mouth of David spoke in advance about Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus. # Lk 22:37,47; 24:44; Jn 13:18; 18:3 17For he was one of our number and was allotted a share in this ministry.” # Jn 6:71; Ac 20:24; 21:19 18Now this man acquired a field with his unrighteous wages. He fell headfirst and burst open in the middle, and all his insides spilled out. # Mt 26:14-15; 27:5,7-8 19This became known to all the residents of Jerusalem, so that in their own language that field is called Hakeldama (that is, Field of Blood). 20“For it is written in the Book of Psalms:
Let his dwelling become desolate;
let no one live in it; # Ps 69:25 and
Let someone else take his position. # Ps 69:25; 109:8 # Ps 109:8
21“Therefore, from among the men who have accompanied us during the whole time the Lord Jesus went in and out among us — 22beginning from the baptism of John until the day He was taken up from us — from among these, it is necessary that one become a witness with us of His resurrection.” # Mk 1:4; Ac 2:31; 4:2; 17:18; 23:6; 24:15; 26:23
23So they proposed two: Joseph, called Barsabbas, who was also known as Justus, and Matthias. # Ac 15:22; 18:7 24Then they prayed, # Ac 6:6; 13:3 “You, Lord, know the hearts of all; show which of these two You have chosen # 1Sm 16:7; Jr 17:10; Ac 15:8; Rv 2:23 25to take the place # Other mss read to share in this apostolic service # Rm 1:5; 1Co 9:2; Gl 2:8 that Judas left to go to his own place.” 26Then they cast lots # Mt 27:35; Mk 15:24; Lk 23:34; Jn 19:24; Ac 8:21; 26:18; Col 1:12; 1Pt 5:3 for them, and the lot fell to Matthias. So he was numbered with the 11 apostles.
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Acts 1
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Lk 1.1–4
Dear Theophilus:
In my first book I wrote about all the things that Jesus did and taught from the time he began his work 2until the day he was taken up to heaven. Before he was taken up, he gave instructions by the power of the Holy Spirit to the men he had chosen as his apostles. 3For forty days after his death he appeared to them many times in ways that proved beyond doubt that he was alive. They saw him, and he talked with them about the Kingdom of God. 4#Lk 24.49And when they came together,#1.4 when they came together; or while he was staying with them; or while he was eating with them. he gave them this order: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift I told you about, the gift my Father promised. 5#Mt 3.11; Mk 1.8; Lk 3.16; Jn 1.33John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”
Jesus is Taken Up to Heaven
(Mk 16.19–20; Lk 24.50–53)
6When the apostles met together with Jesus, they asked him, “Lord, will you at this time give the Kingdom back to Israel?”
7Jesus said to them, “The times and occasions are set by my Father's own authority, and it is not for you to know when they will be. 8#Mt 28.19; Mk 16.15; Lk 24.47–48But when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, you will be filled with power, and you will be witnesses for me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” 9#Mk 16.19; Lk 24.50–51After saying this, he was taken up to heaven as they watched him, and a cloud hid him from their sight.
10They still had their eyes fixed on the sky as he went away, when two men dressed in white suddenly stood beside them 11and said, “Galileans, why are you standing there looking up at the sky? This Jesus, who was taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way that you saw him go to heaven.”
Judas' Successor
(Mt 27.3–10)
12Then the apostles went back to Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, which is about a kilometre away from the city. 13#Mt 10.2–4; Mk 3.16–19; Lk 6.14–16They entered the city and went up to the room where they were staying: Peter, John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, Simon the Patriot, and Judas son of James. 14They gathered frequently to pray as a group, together with the women and with Mary the mother of Jesus and with his brothers.
15A few days later there was a meeting of the believers, about 120 in all, and Peter stood up to speak. 16“My fellow-believers,” he said, “the scripture had to come true in which the Holy Spirit, speaking through David, made a prediction about Judas, who was the guide for those who arrested Jesus. 17Judas was a member of our group, for he had been chosen to have a part in our work.”
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Mt 27.3–8
(With the money that Judas got for his evil act he bought a field, where he fell to his death; he burst open and all his bowels spilt out. 19All the people living in Jerusalem heard about it, and so in their own language they call that field Akeldama, which means “Field of Blood”.)
20 #
Ps 69.25; 109.8 “For it is written in the book of Psalms:
‘May his house become empty;
may no one live in it.’
It is also written:
‘May someone else take his place of service.’
21-22 #
Mt 3.16; Mk 1.9; 16.19; Lk 3.21; 24.51 “So then, someone must join us as a witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. He must be one of the men who were in our group during the whole time that the Lord Jesus travelled about with us, beginning from the time John preached his message of baptism#1.21–22 John preached his message of baptism; or John baptized him. until the day Jesus was taken up from us to heaven.”
23So they proposed two men: Joseph, who was called Barsabbas (also known as Justus), and Matthias. 24Then they prayed, “Lord, you know the thoughts of everyone, so show us which of these two you have chosen 25to serve as an apostle in the place of Judas, who left to go to the place where he belongs.” 26Then they drew lots to choose between the two men, and the one chosen was Matthias, who was added to the group of eleven apostles.
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