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1In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach,[#Luke 1:3; #Luke 24:19]
2until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commands through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen.[#Mark 16:19; #10:42; Matt. 28:19, 20; Mark 16:15; Luke 24:47; John 20:21; #10:38; Luke 4:1, 18; John 20:22]
3He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God.[#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]
4And while staying with them he ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, he said, “you heard from me;[#1:4 Or eating; #Luke 24:49]
5for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”[#11:16; Matt. 3:11; #11:16; Matt. 3:11; #2:1-4; #1:5 Or in]
6So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?”[#Luke 17:20; #Mic. 4:8; Matt. 17:11; Mark 9:12; Luke 19:11]
7He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority.[#Matt. 24:36; Mark 13:32; #Dan. 2:21; 1 Thess. 5:1]
8But 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.”[#4:33; Luke 24:49; 1 Thess. 1:5; 10:38; Luke 4:14; #5; #Luke 24:48; #Isa. 43:12; #8:1, 14; Matt. 10:5; #13:47; Mark 16:15; Col. 1:23]
9And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight.[#2; #1 Thess. 4:17]
10And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes,[#Luke 24:4; #Josh. 5:13; Dan. 9:21; 10:5; 12:6, 7; Zech. 1:8-11; #Matt. 28:3; Mark 16:5; John 20:12]
11and said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.”[#2:7; 13:31; #Phil. 3:20; 1 Thess. 1:10; #2 Thess. 1:10]
12Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey away.[#Luke 24:50, 52]
13And when they had entered, they went up to the upper room, where they were staying, Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot and Judas the son of James.[#9:37, 39; 20:8; #Matt. 10:2-4; Mark 3:16-19; Luke 6:14-16; #21:20]
14All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.[#2:46; 4:24; 5:12; 15:25; Rom. 15:6; #2:42; 6:4; Rom. 12:12; Col. 4:2; Eph. 6:18; #Luke 8:2, 3; #Matt. 12:46; #1:14 Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word (translated “brothers”) may refer either to or to ; also verse 15]
15In those days Peter stood up among the brothers (the company of persons was in all about 120) and said,[#John 21:23]
16“Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus.[#Luke 24:44; Luke 22:37; #Matt. 26:47; Mark 14:43; Luke 22:47; John 18:3]
17For he was numbered among us and was allotted his share in this ministry.”[#John 6:71; 13:21; #25; 20:24; 21:19; Rom. 11:13; 2 Cor. 4:1]
18(Now this man acquired a field with the reward of his wickedness, and falling headlong he burst open in the middle and all his bowels gushed out.[#Matt. 27:5-8; #Matt. 26:14-16; #1:18 Or swelling up]
19And it became known to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the field was called in their own language Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood.)[#21:40]
20“For it is written in the Book of Psalms,
“‘May his camp become desolate,
and let there be no one to dwell in it’;
and
“‘Let another take his office.’
21So one of the men who have accompanied us during all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,[#John 15:27; #Num. 27:17; Deut. 31:2; 1 Sam. 18:13]
22beginning from the baptism of John until the day when he was taken up from us—one of these men must become with us a witness to his resurrection.”[#13:24; Mark 1:1-4; #2, 9; #4:33; 1 Pet. 1:3Luke 24:48]
23And they put forward two, Joseph called Barsabbas, who was also called Justus, and Matthias.[#15:22; #18:7; Col. 4:11; #26]
24And they prayed and said, “You, Lord, who know the hearts of all, show which one of these two you have chosen[#6:6; 13:3; #1 Sam. 16:7; Rom. 8:27]
25to take the place in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place.”[#17; #Rom. 1:5; 1 Cor. 9:2; Gal. 2:8]
26And they cast lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.