Acts 1
1 The first account which I drew up, Theophilus, dealt with all that Jesus did and taught from the very first,
The former treatise, O Theophilus, I made concerning all that Jesus undertook both to do and to teach;
2 down to that day on which he was taken up to heaven, after he had, by the help of the Holy Spirit, given instructions to the apostles whom he had chosen.
till the day in which He was taken up, after He had by the holy Spirit given instructions to the apostles whom He had chosen:
3 With abundant proofs, he showed himself to them, still living, after his death; appearing to them from time to time during forty days, and speaking of all that related to the kingdom of God.
to whom also He presented Himself alive, after He had suffered, by many certain proofs; being seen among them for forty days, and speaking of the things relating to the kingdom of God.
4 And once, when he had gathered them together, he charged them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait there for the fulfillment of the Father’s promise – “that promise,” he said, “of which you have heard me speak;
And meeting them together He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, said He, ye have heard from me;
5 for, while John baptized with water, you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit before many days have passed.”
for John indeed baptized with water, but ye shall within a few days be baptized with the holy Spirit.
6 So, when the apostles had met together, they asked Jesus this question – “Master, is this the time when you intend to re-establish the kingdom for Israel?”
Being therefore come together they asked Him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?
7 His answer was, “It is not for you to know times or hours, for the Father has reserved these for his own decision;
And He said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or seasons, which the Father hath reserved in his own power.
8 but you will receive power, when the Holy Spirit will have descended on you, and will be witnesses for me not only in Jerusalem, but throughout Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
But ye shall receive power from the holy Spirit coming upon you: and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and to the uttermost part of the earth.
9 No sooner had Jesus said this than he was caught up before their eyes, and a cloud received him from their sight.
And having said these things, as they were looking upon Him, He was lifted up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight.
10 While they were still gazing up into the heavens, as he went, suddenly two men, clothed in white, stood beside them,
And while they were looking stedfastly toward heaven, as He went up, behold two men in white stood by them;
11 and said, “People of Galilee, why are you standing here looking up into the heavens? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into the heavens, will come in the same way in which you have seen him go into the heavens.”
who said, Ye men of Galilee, why do ye stand gazing up to heaven? This Jesus who is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in the manner ye have seen Him going into heaven.
12 Then the apostles returned to Jerusalem from the hill called Olivet, which is about three quarters of a mile from the city.
Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mountain called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath-day's journey.
13 When they reached Jerusalem, they went to the upstairs room, where they were staying. There were there Peter, John, James, and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of James.
And when they were come in to the city, they went up into an upper room, where Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alpheus, and Simon the zealot, and Jude the brother of James, usually abode.
14 They all united in devoting themselves to prayer, and so did some women, and Mary, the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.
These all persevered with one accord in prayer and supplication with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brethren.
15 About this time, at a meeting of the Lord’s followers, when there were about a hundred and twenty present, Peter rose to speak.
And in these days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, (now the number of the persons that were together was about an hundred and twenty, )
16 “Friends,” he said, “it was necessary that the prediction of scripture should be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit made by the lips of David about Judas, who acted as guide to the men who arrested Jesus,
and said, Men and brethren, it was necessary that this scripture should be fulfilled, which the holy Ghost spake by the mouth of David, concerning Judas, who was guide to them that apprehended Jesus:
17 for he was one of our number and had his part allotted him in this work of ours.”
for he was numbered with us, and had obtained a part of this ministry.
18 (This man had bought a piece of land with the price of his treachery; and, falling heavily, his body had burst open, and all his bowels protruded.
(Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling down on his face, burst asunder in the middle, and all his bowels gushed out:
19 This became known to everyone living in Jerusalem, so that the field came to be called, in their language, ‘Akeldama,’ which means the ‘Field of Blood.’)
(and it was known to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the field is called in their own dialect, Aceldama, that is, the field of blood: )
20 “For in the book of Psalms,” Peter continued, “it is said – ‘Let his home become desolate, and let no one live in it’; and also – ‘His office let another take.’
for it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let none dwell in it; and again, Let another take his office.)
21 Therefore, from among the men who have been with us all the time that Jesus, our Master, went in and out among us –
Wherefore it is necessary that one of these men, who have been conversant with us all the time that the Lord Jesus came in and out among us,
22 from his baptism by John down to that day on which he was taken from us – someone must be found to join us as a witness of his resurrection.”
from the baptism of John, till the day that He was taken up from us, should be joined with us as a witness of his resurrection.
23 So they put forward two men, Joseph called Barsabbas, whose other name was Justus, and Matthias;
And they proposed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.
24 and they offered this prayer – “Lord, who reads all hearts, show which of these two men you have chosen
And they prayed and said, Thou, Lord, who knowest the hearts of all, shew us, which of these two Thou hast chosen,
25 to take the place in this apostolic work, which Judas has abandoned, to go to his proper place.”
to take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas is fallen by his transgression, that he might go to his own place.
26 Then they drew lots between them; and, the lot having fallen to Matthias, he was added to the number of the eleven apostles.
And they gave out their lots, and the lot fell upon Matthias, and he was numbered with the apostles.
