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Acts 1

Introduction

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The first account I  1composed,  aTheophilus, about all that Jesus  bbegan to do and teach,

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until the day when He  awas taken up to heaven, after He  bhad  1by the Holy Spirit given orders to  cthe apostles whom He had  dchosen.

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To  1these  aHe also presented Himself alive after His suffering, by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking of  bthe things concerning the kingdom of God.

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 1Gathering them together, He commanded them  anot to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for  2 bwhat the Father had promised, "Which," He said, "you heard of from Me;

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for  aJohn baptized with water, but you will be baptized  1with the Holy Spirit  2 bnot many days from now."

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So when they had come together, they were asking Him, saying, "Lord,  ais it at this time You are restoring the kingdom to Israel?"

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He said to them, "It is not for you to know times or epochs which  athe Father has fixed by His own authority;

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but you will receive power  awhen the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be  bMy witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and  cSamaria, and even to  dthe remotest part of the earth."

The Ascension

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And after He had said these things,  aHe was lifted up while they were looking on, and a cloud received Him out of their sight.

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And as they were gazing intently into  1the sky while He was going, behold,  atwo men in white clothing stood beside them.

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They also said, " aMen of Galilee, why do you stand looking into  1the sky? This Jesus, who  bhas been taken up from you into heaven, will  ccome in just the same way as you have watched Him go into heaven."

The Upper Room

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Then they  areturned to Jerusalem from the  1 bmount called  2Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a  3Sabbath day's journey away.

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When they had entered the city, they went up to  athe upper room where they were staying;  bthat is, Peter and John and  1James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew,  1James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and  cJudas the  2son of  1James.

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These all with one mind  awere continually devoting themselves to prayer, along with  bthe women, and Mary the  cmother of Jesus, and with His  cbrothers.

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 1At this time Peter stood up in the midst of  athe brethren (a gathering of about one hundred and twenty  2persons was there together), and said,

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"Brethren,  athe Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit foretold by the mouth of David concerning Judas,  bwho became a guide to those who arrested Jesus.

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"For he was  acounted among us and received his share in  bthis ministry."

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(Now this man  aacquired a field with  bthe price of his wickedness, and falling headlong, he burst open in the middle and all his intestines gushed out.

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And it became known to all who were living in Jerusalem; so that in  atheir own language that field was called Hakeldama, that is, Field of Blood.)

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"For it is written in the book of Psalms, ` aLET HIS HOMESTEAD BE MADE DESOLATE, AND LET NO ONE DWELL IN IT'; and, ` bLET ANOTHER MAN TAKE HIS  1OFFICE.'

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"Therefore it is necessary that of the men who have accompanied us all the time that  athe Lord Jesus went in and out  1among us--

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 abeginning  1with the baptism of John until the day that He  bwas taken up from us--one of these must become a  cwitness with us of His resurrection."

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So they put forward two men, Joseph called Barsabbas (who was also called Justus), and  aMatthias.

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And they  aprayed and said, "You, Lord,  bwho know the hearts of all men, show which one of these two You have chosen

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to  1occupy  athis ministry and  bapostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place."

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And they  1 adrew lots for them, and the lot fell  2to  bMatthias; and he was  3added to  cthe eleven apostles.



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