Acts 1:1–14

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 ^1aJohn baptized with water, but you will be baptized ²with the Holy Spirit ^3bnot 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 ^1dthe 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 ^1bmount 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.