Bible Heaven/Bible Heaven.iso/pchyperb/acts01

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 1:1  The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all
that Jesus began both to do and teach,
 1:2  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:
 1:3  To whom also he showed 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:
 1:4  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.
 1:5  For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be
baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.
 1:6  When they therefore were come together, they asked of
him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the
kingdom to Israel?
 1:7  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.
 1:8  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.
 1:9  And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld,
he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.
 1:10  And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he
went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;
 1:11  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.
 1:12  Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called
Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey.
 1:13  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.
 1:14  These all continued with one accord in prayer and
supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and
with his brethren.
 1:15  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,)
 1:16  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.
 1:17  For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of
this ministry.
 1:18  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.
 1:19  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.
 1:20  For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his
habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his
bishopric let another take.
 1:21  Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all
the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
 1:22  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.
 1:23  And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was
surnamed Justus, and Matthias.
 1:24  And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the
hearts of all [men], show whether of these two thou hast
chosen,
 1:25  That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship,
from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his
own place.
 1:26  And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon
Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.