1Dear Theophilus, The first book I wrote was about everything that Jesus did and taught.
2I wrote about the whole life of Jesus, from the beginning until the day he was carried up into heaven. Before this happened, Jesus talked to the apostles
3This was after Jesus’ death, but he showed the apostles that he was alive. Jesus proved this by doing many powerful things. The apostles saw Jesus many times during the 40 days after he was raised from death. Jesus spoke to the apostles about the kingdom of God.
4One time when Jesus was eating with them, he told them not to leave Jerusalem. Jesus said, “The Father has promised you something; I told you about it before. Wait here {in Jerusalem} to receive this promise.
5John baptized
Jesus Is Carried Up into Heaven
6The apostles
7Jesus said to them, “The Father is the only One who has the authority to decide dates and times. You cannot know these things.
8But the Holy Spirit
9After Jesus told the apostles
10Jesus was going away, and the apostles were looking into the sky. Suddenly, two men (angels) wearing white clothes stood beside them.
11The two men said to the apostles, “Men from Galilee, why are you standing here looking into the sky? You saw Jesus carried away from you into heaven. He will come back in the same way you saw him go.”
A New Apostle Is Chosen
12Then the apostles
13The apostles entered the city. They went to the place where they were staying; this was in a room upstairs. The apostles were: Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, Matthew, James (the son of Alphaeus), Simon (known as the Zealot
14The apostles
15After a few days there was a meeting of the believers. (There were about 120 of them.) Peter stood up and said,
16“Brothers, in the Scriptures
17(1:16)
18(Judas was paid money for doing this. His money was used to buy him a field. But Judas fell on his head, and his body broke open. All his intestines poured out.
19And all the people of Jerusalem learned about this. That is why they named that field Akeldama. In their language Akeldama means “field of blood.”)
20{Peter said,} “In the book of Psalms, this is written {about Judas}: ‘ People should not go near his land (property); No one should live there!’ Psalm 69:25 And it is also written: ‘ Let another man have his work.’ Psalm 109:8
21“So now another man must join us and become a witness of Jesus’ resurrection.
22(1:21)
23The apostles
24The apostles prayed, “Lord, you know the minds of all people. Show us which one of these two men you choose to do this work. Judas turned away from it and went where he belongs. Lord, show us which man should take his place as an apostle!”
25(1:24)
26Then the apostles used lots