Acts 1

The former treatise have I made, O ^aTheophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, ²until the day in which ^bhe was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost ^chad given commandments unto the Apostles whom he had chosen: ^3dto whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many ^einfallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of ^fthe things pertaining to the kingdom of God: ⁴and, being assembled together with them, commanded them ^gthat they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for ^hthe promise of the Father, which, ⁱsaith he, ye have heard of me. ⁵For ^jJohn truly baptized with water; but ye shall be ^jkbaptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. ⁶When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time ^lrestore again the kingdom to Israel? ⁷And he said unto them, ^mIt is not for you to know ⁿthe times or the seasons, ^owhich the Father hath put in his own power. ⁸But ye shall receive ^ppower, ^qafter that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be ^rwitnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in ^sSamaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. ⁹And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, ^the was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. ¹⁰And while they ^ulooked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, ^vtwo ^wmen stood by them in ^xwhite apparel; ¹¹Which also said, ^yYe men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is ^btaken up from you into heaven, ^zshall ^aso come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven. ¹²Then ^breturned they unto Jerusalem from ^cthe mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem ^da sabbath day’s journey. ¹³And when they were come in, they went up into ^ean upper room, where abode both ^fPeter, and James, and ^gJohn, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alpheus, and Simon Zelotes, and ^hJudas ⁱthe brother of James. ¹⁴These all ^jcontinued ^kwith one accord in prayer and supplication, with ^lthe women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with ^mhis brethren.

¹⁵And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said, (ⁿthe number of names together were about an hundred and twenty,) ¹⁶Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost ^oby the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, ^pwhich was guide to them that took Jesus. ¹⁷For ^qhe was numbered with us, and had obtained part of ^rthis ministry. ¹⁸Now ^sthis man purchased a field with ^tthe reward of iniquity; and ^ufalling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out. ¹⁹And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as that field is called in ^wtheir proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, ^xThe field of blood. ²⁰For it is written in the book of Psalms, ^yLet his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and ^zhis bishoprick let another take. ²¹Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus ^awent in and out among us, ^22bbeginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that he was ^ctaken up from us, must one be ordained to be ^da witness with us of his resurrection. ²³And they appointed two, Joseph called ^eBarsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and ^fMatthias. ²⁴And they ^gprayed, and said, Thou, Lord, ^hwhich knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen, ²⁵that he may take part of ⁱthis ministry and ^japostleship, from which Judas by ^ktransgression fell, that he might go ^lto his own place. ²⁶And they gave forth their lots; and ^mthe lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.

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