ACTS 1 [†]In the first book, O  a Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began  b to do and teach, 2[†]until the day when  c he was taken up, after he  d had given commands  e through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. 3[†] f He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God.

4[†]And while staying [1] with them  g he ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, he said, “you heard from me; 5[†]for  h John baptized with water,  h but you will be baptized  i with [2] the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”

6[†]So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord,  j will you at this time  k restore the kingdom to Israel?” 7[†]He said to them,  l “It is not for you to know  m times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority. 8[†]But you will receive  n power  o when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and  p you will be  q my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and  r Samaria, and  s to the end of the earth.” 9[†]And when he had said these things, as they were looking on,  t he was lifted up, and  u a cloud took him out of their sight. 10[†]And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold,  v two  w men stood by them in  x white robes, 11[†]and said,  y “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven,  z will  a come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.”

12[†]Then  b they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey away. 13And when they had entered, they went up to  c the upper room, where they were staying,  d Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus and Simon  e the Zealot and Judas the son of James. 14[†]All these  f with one accord  g were devoting themselves to prayer, together with  h the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and  i his brothers. [3]

15[†]In those days Peter stood up among  j the brothers (the company of persons was in all about 120) and said, 16[†]“Brothers,  k the Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand by the mouth of David concerning Judas,  l who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus. 17For  m he was numbered among us and was allotted his share in  n this ministry.” 18[†](Now this man  o acquired a field with  p the reward of his wickedness, and falling headlong [4] he burst open in the middle and all his bowels gushed out. 19And it became known to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the field was called  q in their own language Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood.) 20[†]“For it is written in the Book of Psalms,

 r “‘May his camp become desolate,

and let there be no one to dwell in it’;

and

 s “‘Let another take his office.’

21So one of the men who have accompanied us during  t all the time that the Lord Jesus  u went in and out among us, 22 v beginning from the baptism of John until the day when  w he was taken up from us—one of these men must become with us  x a witness to his resurrection.” 23[†]And they put forward two, Joseph called  y Barsabbas, who was also called  z Justus, and  a Matthias. 24And  b they prayed and said, “You, Lord,  c who know the hearts of all, show which one of these two you have chosen 25to take the place in  d this ministry and  e apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place.” 26[†]And they cast lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.