Acts 1
1 I have given an earlier account, O Theophilus, of all the things which Jesus did, and of his teaching from the first,
Truly, I made the first history, O Theophilus, concerning all things which Jesus began both to do and to teach,
2 Till the day when he was taken up to heaven after he had given his orders, through the Holy Spirit, to the Apostles of whom he had made selection:
from the day on which, having given commandment through the Holy Ghost to the apostles whom He had chosen, He was received up.
3 And to whom he gave clear and certain signs that he was living, after his death; for he was seen by them for forty days, and gave them teaching about the kingdom of God:
To whom He also, after He suffered, manifested Himself alive in many testimonials, being seen by them forty days, and speaking the things concerning the kingdom of God:
4 And when they were all together, with him, he gave them orders not to go away from Jerusalem, but to keep there, waiting till the word of the Father was put into effect, of which, he said, I have given you knowledge:
and being assembled together with them, He commanded them, Not to depart from Jerusalem, but to await the promise of the Father which ye heard from me;
5 For the baptism of John was with water, but you will have baptism with the Holy Spirit, after a little time.
that John indeed baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.
6 So, when they were together, they said to him, Lord, will you at this time give back the kingdom to Israel?
Therefore indeed having assembled, they asked Him saying, Lord, do you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?
7 And he said to them, It is not for you to have knowledge of the time and the order of events which the Father has kept in his control.
He said to them; It is not your province, to know the times or seasons, which the Father placed in His own authority.
8 But you will have power, when the Holy Spirit has come on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judaea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.
But you shall receive the power of the Holy Ghost having come upon you, and shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and all Judea, and in Samaria, and into the extremity of the earth.
9 And when he had said these things, while they were looking, he was taken up, and went from their view into a cloud.
And having spoken these words, they looking, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him from their eyes.
10 And while they were looking up to heaven with great attention, two men came to them, in white clothing,
And while they were gazing up into the heaven, He going, and behold, two men stood by them in white garments, who also said,
11 And said, O men of Galilee, why are you looking up into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken from you into heaven, will come again, in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.
Ye Galilean men, why stand you looking up into the heaven? this same Jesus, the One having been received up into the heaven, will so come in the manner in which you saw Him going up into the heaven.
12 Then they went back to Jerusalem from the mountain named Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey away.
Then they returned into Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, being a journey of a Sabbath day.
13 And when they came in, they went up into the room where they were living; Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James, the son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas, the son of James.
And when they came in, they went up into the upper room, where Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alpheus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James, were abiding.
14 And they all with one mind gave themselves up to prayer, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.
They were all persevering of one accord in prayer along with the women, and Mary, the mother of Jesus, and His brothers.
15 And in those days Peter got up among the brothers (there were about one hundred and twenty of them), and said,
And during those days, Peter standing up in the midst of the brethren, said (and the number of names were about one hundred and twenty),
16 My brothers, the word of God had to be put into effect, which the Holy Spirit had said before, by the mouth of David, about Judas, who was guide to those who took Jesus,
Men, brethren, it behooved the scripture which the Holy Ghost predicted through the mouth of David concerning Judas, the one becoming leader to those arresting Jesus, to be fulfilled;
17 For he was numbered among us, and had his part in our work.
because he was numbered among us and received the lot of this ministry.
18 (Now this man, with the reward of his evil-doing, got for himself a field, and falling head first, came to a sudden and violent end there.
Then indeed he purchased a field by the reward of iniquity, and falling headlong, burst asunder in the middle, and all his bowels burst out;
19 And this came to the knowledge of all those who were living in Jerusalem, so that the field was named in their language, Akel-dama, or, The field of blood.)
which indeed was known to all those dwelling at Jerusalem, so that field, in their own dialect, is called Acheldamach; that is, field of blood.
20 For in the book of Psalms it says, Let his house be waste, and let no man be living in it: and, Let his position be taken by another.
For it has been written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let there be no one dwelling in it, and let another take his pastorate.
21 For this reason, of the men who have been with us all the time, while the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
Therefore the men having come together with us all the time in which the Lord Jesus came in unto us and went out,
22 Starting from the baptism of John till he went up from us, one will have to be a witness with us of his coming back from death.
beginning from the baptism of John, until the day on which He was taken up from us, it behooveth one of these to be witness of His resurrection along with us.
23 And they made selection of two, Joseph, named Barsabbas, whose other name was Justus, and Matthias.
And they nominated two, Joseph, called Barsabas who was called Justus, and Matthias.
24 And they made prayers and said, Lord, having knowledge of the hearts of all men, make clear which of these two has been marked out by you,
And praying they said, Thou, O Lord, Heart-searcher of all, show up the one of these two, whom thou hast chosen
25 To take that position as a servant and Apostle, from which Judas by his sin was shut out, so that he might go to his place.
to receive the place of this ministry and apostleship from which Judas departed to go into his own place.
26 And they put it to the decision of chance, and the decision was given for Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven Apostles.
And they gave lots for them, and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.
