1In the first book, O ^aTheophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began ^bto do and teach, ²until the day when ^che was taken up, after he ^dhad given commands ^ethrough the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. ³^fHe presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God.

⁴And while staying¹ with them ^ghe ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, he said, “you heard from me; ⁵for ^hJohn baptized with water, ^hbut you will be baptized ⁱwith² the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”

The Ascension

⁶So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, ^jwill you at this time ^krestore the kingdom to Israel?” ⁷He said to them, ^l“It is not for you to know ^mtimes or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority. ⁸But you will receive ⁿpower ^owhen the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and ^pyou will be ^qmy witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and ^rSamaria, and ^sto the end of the earth.” ⁹And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, ^the was lifted up, and ^ua cloud took him out of their sight. ¹⁰And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, ^vtwo ^wmen stood by them in ^xwhite robes, ¹¹and said, ^y“Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, ^zwill ^acome in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.”

Matthias Chosen to Replace Judas

¹²Then ^bthey returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey away. ¹³And when they had entered, they went up to ^cthe upper room, where they were staying, ^dPeter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus and Simon ^ethe Zealot and Judas the son of James. ¹⁴All these ^fwith one accord ^gwere devoting themselves to prayer, together with ^hthe women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and ⁱhis brothers.³

Read in Logos

Acts 1:8: “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

Footnotes

1Or eating
2Or in
3Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters; also verse 15

Cross references

a Luke 1:3
b Luke 24:19
cSee Mark 16:19
d[ch. 10:42; Matt. 28:19, 20; Mark 16:15; Luke 24:47; John 20:21]
e[ch. 10:38; Luke 4:1, 18; John 20:22]
fch. 10:40, 41; 13:31; Matt. 28:17; Mark 16:14; Luke 24:34, 36–51; John 20:19–29; 21; 1 Cor. 15:5–7
g Luke 24:49
hch. 11:16; See Matt. 3:11
ich. 2:1–4
jSee Luke 17:20
k[Mic. 4:8; Matt. 17:11; Mark 9:12; Luke 19:11]
l[Matt. 24:36; Mark 13:32]
m Dan. 2:21; 1 Thess. 5:1
nch. 4:33; Luke 24:49; 1 Thess. 1:5; [ch. 10:38; Luke 4:14]
over. 5
p[ver. 22]; See Luke 24:48
q[Isa. 43:12]
rch. 8:1, 14; [Matt. 10:5]
sch. 13:47; [Mark 16:15; Col. 1:23]
tver. 2
uSee 1 Thess. 4:17
v[Luke 24:4]
w Josh. 5:13; Dan. 9:21; 10:5; 12:6, 7; Zech. 1:8–11
x Matt. 28:3; Mark 16:5; John 20:12
ych. 2:7; 13:31
z[Phil. 3:20; 1 Thess. 1:10]; See Matt. 16:27
a 2 Thess. 1:10
b Luke 24:50, 52
cch. 9:37, 39; 20:8
dSee Matt. 10:2–4; Mark 3:16–19; Luke 6:14–16
e[ch. 21:20]
fch. 2:46; 4:24; 5:12; 15:25; Rom. 15:6
gch. 2:42; 6:4; Rom. 12:12; Col. 4:2; [Eph. 6:18]
h Luke 8:2, 3
iSee Matt. 12:46