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Acts 1
1. The first letter I wrote you, O, theologian*, was about all the
things our Lord Jesus did and taught,
2. Until the day in which he ascended, after he commanded the apostles,
those that he chose by the holy Spirit.
3. Those to whom he also showed himself while alive after he Sorrowed,
through many signs during the Forty days, as he appeared to them and
told them about the Kingdom of God.
4. And as he ate bread with them, he instructed them, "Do not abandon
Jerusalem,* except hold fast to the calling from the Father, which you
have heard from me,
5. "That John baptized by water, and you will baptize by the holy
Spirit, after not too many days."
6. Those that gathered, however, asked him, saying to him, "Our Lord,
are you at this time* going to return the kingdom to Israel?"
7. He told them, "It is not for you to know that time* or the ages*,
these the Father designates* through his own authority.
8. "Except, the holy Spirit shall come upon you, you shall receive
Power and you will witness for me in Jerusalem and all of Judea, and
also in the land of Samaritans, and to the outskirts of the earth."
9. And as he said these things, they saw him ascend, and the cloud
received him and he disappeared* from their eyes.
10. And as they gazed at the sky, as he left, two men appeared*
standing amongst them in white clothing.
11. And they said to them, "Men of Galilee, why are you standing and
gazing at the sky? This Jesus that went up from you into heaven, will
likewise come to you just as you saw him ascend to heaven."
12. And afterwards they set off for Jerusalem, from the mountain that
is called Mount of Olives, which is by Jerusalem and away from it by
about seven stadia*.
13. And after they entered, they went up to the upper chamber, they
were Simon Keepa [Peter*] and John and James and Andrew and Philip and
Thomas and Matthew and Bartholomew and James Son of Alphaeus, and Simon
the Zealot and Judas son of James.
14. These, all of them, united* in prayer as one spirit, together with
the women and with Mary mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.
15. And in those days, Simon the Rock* stood in the middle of the
disciples. There was a gathering of people of about one hundred and
twenty people there, and he said,
16. "Brethren,* it was sanctified that Scripture should be fulfilled,
which beforehand the holy Spirit declared through the mouth of David,
regarding Judas, who was the leader of those who arrested Jesus.
17. "Because of that he was with us, and his lot was that he should
perform this requiem.
18. "He is the one who earned himself the wages of sin, and fell flat
on his face, his belly split open and his guts spilled out on the
ground.*
19. "And this is known by everyone who lives in Jerusalem. And that is
why that field is called in the language of the land, Field of Blood,
which is translated country of blood.
20. "For it is written in the Book* of Psalms,
'His abode will be desolate,
and
no one will reside in it,
and
someone else will bury him.'*
21. "And this [happened] to one of the men who
was with us this whole time*, during which our Lord Jesus came to us
and went from us,
22. "Who adhered to the baptism of John, until the day [Jesus] ascended
from us, that he should be with us a witness to the resurrection."
23. And they presented* two, Joseph, who is called Barsobbas, whose
name is Justus, and Matthias.
24. And as they prayed, they said, "Lord, you know what is in all
hearts, show us one person that you chose from these two,
25. "That he may receive the lot of ministry and apostleship, that
Judas discarded to go to his country."
26. And they cast the lots, and it came with Matthias, and he was
counted with the eleven apostles.
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