1IN THE former account [which I prepared], O Theophilus, I made [a continuous report] dealing with all the things which Jesus began to do and to teach
2Until the day when He ascended, after He through the Holy Spirit had instructed {and} commanded the apostles (special messengers) whom He had chosen.
3To them also He showed Himself alive after His passion (His suffering in the garden and on the cross) by [a series of] many convincing demonstrations [unquestionable evidences and infallible proofs], appearing to them during forty days and talking [to them] about the things of the kingdom of God.
4And while being in their company {and} eating with them, He commanded them not to leave Jerusalem but to wait for what the Father had promised, Of which [He said] you have heard Me speak.
5For John baptized with water, but not many days from now you shall be baptized with (placed in, introduced into) the Holy Spirit.
6So when they were assembled, they asked Him, Lord, is this the time when You will reestablish the kingdom {and} restore it to Israel?
7He said to them, It is not for you to become acquainted with {and} know what time brings [the things and events of time and their definite periods] or fixed years and seasons (their critical niche in time), which the Father has appointed (fixed and reserved) by His own choice {and} authority {and} personal power.
8But you shall receive power (ability, efficiency, and might) when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be My witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judea and Samaria and to the ends (the very bounds) of the earth.
9And when He had said this, even as they were looking [at Him], He was caught up, and a cloud received {and} carried Him away out of their sight.
10And while they were gazing intently into heaven as He went, behold, two men [dressed] in white robes suddenly stood beside them,
11Who said, Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing into heaven? This same Jesus, Who was caught away {and} lifted up from among you into heaven, will return in [just] the same way in which you saw Him go into heaven.
12Then [the disciples] went back to Jerusalem from the hill called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, [only] a Sabbath day's journey (three-quarters of a mile) away.
13And when they had entered [the city], they mounted [the stairs] to the upper room where they were [indefinitely] staying--Peter and John and James and Andrew; Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew; James son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot, and Judas [son] of James.
14All of these with their minds in full agreement devoted themselves steadfastly to prayer, [waiting together] with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers.
15Now on one of those days Peter arose among the brethren, the whole number of whom gathered together was about a hundred and twenty.
16Brethren, he said, it was necessary that the Scripture be fulfilled which the Holy Spirit foretold by the lips of David, about Judas who acted as guide to those who arrested Jesus.
17For he was counted among us and received [by divine allotment] his portion in this ministry.
18Now this man obtained a piece of land with the [money paid him as a] reward for his treachery {and} wickedness, and falling headlong he burst open in the middle [of his body] and all his intestines poured forth.
19And all the residents of Jerusalem became acquainted with the facts, so that they called the piece of land in their own dialect--Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood.
20For in the book of Psalms it is written, Let his place of residence become deserted {and} gloomy, and let there be no one to live in it; and [again], Let another take his position {or} overseership.
21So one of the [other] men who have accompanied us [apostles] during all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
22From the baptism of John at the outset until the day when He was taken up from among us--one of these men must join with us and become a witness to testify to His resurrection.
23And they accordingly proposed (nominated) two men, Joseph called Barsabbas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.
24And they prayed and said, You, Lord, Who know all hearts (their thoughts, passions, desires, appetites, purposes, and endeavors), indicate to us which one of these two You have chosen
25To take the place in this ministry and receive the position of an apostle, from which Judas fell away {and} went astray to go [where he belonged] to his own [proper] place.
26And they drew lots [between the two], and the lot fell on Matthias; and he was added to {and} counted with the eleven apostles (special messengers).
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