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- Acts 1 -
THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES
CHAPTER 1
1 The former treatise have I made,
O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began
both to do and teach,
2 Until the day in which he was taken
up, after that he through the Holy
Ghost had given commandments unto the
apostles whom he had chosen:
3 To whom also he shewed himself alive
after his passion by many infallible
proofs, being seen of them forty days,
and speaking of the things pertaining
to the kingdom of God:
4 And, being assembled together with
them, commanded them that they should
not depart from Jerusalem, but wait
for the promise of the Father, which,
saith he, ye have heard of me.
5 For John truly baptized with water;
but ye shall be baptized with the Holy
Ghost not many days hence.
6 When they therefore were come together,
they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt
thou at this time restore again the
kingdom to Israel?
7 And he said unto them, It is not
for you to know the times or the seasons,
which the Father hath put in his own
power.
8 But ye shall receive power, after
that the Holy Ghost is come upon you:
and ye shall be witnesses unto me both
in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and
in Samaria, and unto the uttermost
part of the earth.
9 And when he had spoken these things,
while they beheld, he was taken up;
and a cloud received him out of their
sight.
10 And while they looked stedfastly
toward heaven as he went up, behold,
two men stood by them in white apparel;
11 Which also said, Ye men of Galilee,
why stand ye gazing up into heaven?
this same Jesus, which is taken up
from you into heaven, shall so come
in like manner as ye have seen him
go into heaven.
12 Then returned they unto Jerusalem
from the mount called Olivet, which
is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey.
13 And when they were come in, they
went up into an upper room, where abode
both Peter, and James, and John, and
Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew,
and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus,
and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother
of James.
14 These all continued with one accord
in prayer and supplication, with the
women, and Mary the mother of Jesus,
and with his brethren.
15 #And in those days Peter stood
up in the midst of the disciples, and
said, (the number of names together
were about an hundred and twenty,)
16 Men and brethren, this scripture
must needs have been fulfilled, which
the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David
spake before concerning Judas, which
was guide to them that took Jesus.
17 For he was numbered with us, and
had obtained part of this ministry.
18 Now this man purchased a field
with the reward of iniquity; and falling
headlong, he burst asunder in the midst,
and all his bowels gushed out.
19 And it was known unto all the dwellers
at Jerusalem; insomuch as that field
is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama,
that is to say, The field of blood.
20 For it is written in the book of
Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate,
and let no man dwell therein: and his
bishoprick let another take.
21 Wherefore of these men which have
companied with us all the time that
the Lord Jesus went in and out among
us,
22 Beginning from the baptism of John,
unto that same day that he was taken
up from us, must one be ordained to
be a witness with us of his resurrection.
23 And they appointed two, Joseph
called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus,
and Matthias.
24 And they prayed, and said, Thou,
Lord, which knowest the hearts of all
men, shew whether of these two thou
hast chosen,
25 That he may take part of this ministry
and apostleship, from which Judas by
transgression fell, that he might go
to his own place.
26 And they gave forth their lots;
and the lot fell upon Matthias; and
he was numbered with the eleven apostles.
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