Acts 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.
