Acts 1:6-2:13

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⁶ Then they gathered around him and asked him, “Lord, are you at this time going to restore^(A) the kingdom to Israel?”

⁷ He said to them: “It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority.^{(B) 8} But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you;^(C) and you will be my witnesses^(D) in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria,^(E) and to the ends of the earth.”^(F)

⁹ After he said this, he was taken up^(G) before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight.

¹⁰ They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white^(H) stood beside them. ¹¹ “Men of Galilee,”^(I) they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back^(J) in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.”

Matthias Chosen to Replace Judas

¹² Then the apostles returned to Jerusalem^(K) from the hill called the Mount of Olives,^(L) a Sabbath day’s walk^[a] from the city. ¹³ When they arrived, they went upstairs to the room^(M) where they were staying. Those present were Peter, John, James and Andrew; Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew; James son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James.^{(N) 14} They all joined together constantly in prayer,^(O) along with the women^(P) and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.^(Q)

¹⁵ In those days Peter stood up among the believers (a group numbering about a hundred and twenty) ¹⁶ and said, “Brothers and sisters,^[b](R) the Scripture had to be fulfilled^(S) in which the Holy Spirit spoke long ago through David concerning Judas,^(T) who served as guide for those who arrested Jesus. ¹⁷ He was one of our number^(U) and shared in our ministry.”^(V)

¹⁸ (With the payment^(W) he received for his wickedness, Judas bought a field;^(X) there he fell headlong, his body burst open and all his intestines spilled out. ¹⁹ Everyone in Jerusalem heard about this, so they called that field in their language^(Y) Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood.)

²⁰ “For,” said Peter, “it is written in the Book of Psalms:

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²¹ Therefore it is necessary to choose one of the men who have been with us the whole time the Lord Jesus was living among us, ²² beginning from John’s baptism^(AB) to the time when Jesus was taken up from us. For one of these must become a witness^(AC) with us of his resurrection.”

²³ So they nominated two men: Joseph called Barsabbas (also known as Justus) and Matthias. ²⁴ Then they prayed,^(AD) “Lord, you know everyone’s heart.^(AE) Show us^(AF) which of these two you have chosen ²⁵ to take over this apostolic ministry, which Judas left to go where he belongs.” ²⁶ Then they cast lots, and the lot fell to Matthias; so he was added to the eleven apostles.^(AG)

The Holy Spirit Comes at Pentecost

2 When the day of Pentecost^(AH) came, they were all together^(AI) in one place. ² Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.^{(AJ) 3} They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. ⁴ All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit^(AK) and began to speak in other tongues^[e](AL) as the Spirit enabled them.

⁵ Now there were staying in Jerusalem God-fearing^(AM) Jews from every nation under heaven. ⁶ When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard their own language being spoken. ⁷ Utterly amazed,^(AN) they asked: “Aren’t all these who are speaking Galileans?^{(AO) 8} Then how is it that each of us hears them in our native language? ⁹ Parthians, Medes and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia,^(AP) Pontus^(AQ) and Asia,^{[f](AR) 10} Phrygia^(AS) and Pamphylia,^(AT) Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene;^(AU) visitors from Rome ¹¹ (both Jews and converts to Judaism); Cretans and Arabs—we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!” ¹² Amazed and perplexed, they asked one another, “What does this mean?”

¹³ Some, however, made fun of them and said, “They have had too much wine.”^(AV)