Acts 1
The Promise of the Holy Spirit
1The first account, O aTheophilus, I 1composed, about all that Jesus bbegan to do and teach, 2until 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, 3to whom aHe also presented Himself alive after His suffering by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over forty days and speaking about bthe things concerning the kingdom of God. 4And 1gathering them together, He commanded them anot to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for the bpromise of the Father, “Which,” He said, “you heard of from Me; 5for 1,aJohn baptized with water, but you will be baptized 2with the Holy Spirit 3,bnot many days from now.”
6So when they had come together, they were asking Him, saying, “Lord, ais it at this time You are restoring the kingdom to Israel?” 7But He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which athe Father has set by His own authority; 8but 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 1,dthe end of the earth.”
The Ascension
9And after He had said these things, aHe was lifted up while they were looking on, and a cloud received Him out of their sight. 10And as they were gazing intently into 1the sky while He was going, behold, atwo men in white clothing stood beside them. 11They also said, “aMen of Galilee, why do you stand looking toward heaven? 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.”
Matthias Chosen to Replace Judas
12Then they areturned to Jerusalem from the 1,bmount called 2Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a 3Sabbath day’s journey away. 13And 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, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and cJudas the 2son of James. 14These all with one accord awere continually devoting themselves to prayer, along with bthe women, and Mary the cmother of Jesus, and His dbrothers.
15And in those days, Peter stood up in the midst of athe brothers (a crowd of about 120 1persons was there together), and said, 16“Men, brothers, 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 unrighteousness, and falling headlong, he burst open in the middle and all his intestines gushed out. 19And 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, ‘aLet his residence be made desolate,And let no one dwell in it’; and,‘bLet another man take his 1office.’
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— 22abeginning 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.” 23And they put forward two men, Joseph called Barsabbas (who was also called Justus), and aMatthias. 24And they aprayed and said, “You, Lord, bwho know the hearts of all men, show which one of these two You have chosen 25to take the place of athis ministry and bapostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place.” 26And they 1,acast lots for them, and the lot fell 2to bMatthias; and he was 3added to cthe eleven apostles.