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Acts 1 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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Introduction

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:1 -

The first account I [fn]composed, Theophilus, about all that Jesus began to do and teach,

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:2 - until the day when He was taken up to heaven, after He had given orders [fn]by the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom He had chosen.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:3 - To [fn]these He also presented Himself alive after His suffering, by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking of things regarding the kingdom of God.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:4 - [fn]Gathering them together, He commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for [fn]what the Father had promised, “Which,” He said, “you heard of from Me;
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:5 - for John baptized [fn]with water, but you will be baptized [fn]with the Holy Spirit [fn]not many days from now.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:6 -

So, when they had come together, they began asking Him, saying, “Lord, is it at this time that You are restoring the kingdom to Israel?”

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:7 - But He said to them, “It is not for you to know periods of time or appointed times which the Father has set by His own authority;
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:8 - but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and Samaria, and as far as the remotest part of the earth.”

The Ascension

(Mar 16:19, 20; Luk 24:50–53 )
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:9 - And after He had said these things, He was lifted up while they were watching, and a cloud took Him up, out of their sight.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:10 - And as they were gazing intently into the sky while He was going, then behold, two men in white clothing stood beside them,
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:11 - and they said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you have watched Him go into heaven.”

The Upper Room

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Then they returned to Jerusalem from the [fn]mountain called [fn]Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a [fn]Sabbath day’s journey away.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:13 - When they had entered the city, they went up to the upstairs room where they were staying, that is, Peter, John, [fn]James, and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, [fn]James the son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas the [fn]son of [fn]James.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:14 - All these were continually devoting themselves with one [fn]mind to prayer, along with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers.
(cf. Psa 109:8 )
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:15 -

[fn]At this time Peter stood up among the brothers and sisters (a group of about 120 [fn]people was there together), and said,

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:16 - [fn]Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit foretold by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:17 - “For he was counted among us and received his share in this ministry.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:18 - (Now this man acquired a field with the price of his wickedness, and falling headlong, he burst open in the middle and all his intestines gushed out.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:19 - And it became known to all the residents of Jerusalem; as a result that field was called Hakeldama in their own language, that is, Field of Blood.)
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:20 - “For it is written in the book of Psalms:

‘MAY HIS RESIDENCE BE MADE DESOLATE,

AND MAY THERE BE NONE LIVING IN IT’;

and,

‘MAY ANOTHER TAKE HIS [fn]OFFICE.’

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:21 -

“Therefore it is necessary that of the men who have accompanied us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out [fn]among us—

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:22 - beginning [fn]with the baptism of John until the day that He was taken up from us—one of these must become a witness with us of His resurrection.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:23 - So they put forward two men, Joseph called Barsabbas (who was also called Justus), and Matthias.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:24 - And they prayed and said, “You, Lord, who know the hearts of all people, show which one of these two You have chosen
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:25 - to [fn]occupy this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:26 - And they [fn]drew lots for them, and the lot fell [fn]to Matthias; and he was added to the eleven apostles.
NASB20 Footnotes
Lit made
Or through
Lit whom
Or eating with; or lodging with
Lit the promise of the Father
Or in
Or in
Lit not long after these many days
Or hill
Or Olive Grove
2,000 cubits, or about 0.6 miles or 1 km
Or Jacob
Or Jacob
Or brother
Or Jacob
Or purpose
Lit In these days
Lit names
Lit Men, brothers
Lit position of oversight
Lit to us
Lit from
Lit take the place of
Lit gave
Or upon
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