Acts Chapter 1

            1^:1The first volume I-made about all-things, O Theophilus, that [the] Jesus began both to-do and to-teach, ² until which day he-was-taken-up, having-given-commission by (the) Holy Spirit to-the/his apostles whom he-chose, ³ to-whom also he-presented himself living after his [the] suffering in many proofs, through forth days, appearing to-them and saying the-things about the kingdom of-the God; ⁴ and assembling-with (them) commanded them not to-depart from Jerusalem, but to-await the promise of-the Father, “which you-heard-from me, ⁵ that John baptized with-water, but you will-be-baptized in (the) Holy Spirit not after these many days.”

            ⁶ Then the-ones having-assembled started-asking him, saying, “Lord, [if] will-you-restore at [the] this time the kingdom to-[the] Israel?”

⁷ And he-said to them,

“It-is not of-you to-know (the) times or seasons that the Father put in [the] his-own authority, ⁸ but you-will-receive power, the Holy Spirit having-come on you; and you-will-be witnesses of-me both in Jerusalem and in all [the] Judaea and Samaria and to the end of-the earth.”

⁹ And having-said these-things, they watching, he-was-taken-up; and (a) cloud received him from the eyes of-them.

¹⁰ And as they-were staring into the sky, he going, behold also, two men stood-by them in white clothes, ¹¹ who also said,

“Men Galileans, why are-you-standing (here) looking into the sky? This [the] Jesus, the-One having-been-received-up from you into the sky, thus will-come which way²/the same way² you-saw him going into the sky.”

¹² Then they-returned to Jerusalem from (the) hill [the] called “(The Mount)-of-Olives,” which is near Jerusalem having/being (a) road/way of-(the)-Sabbath. ¹³ And when they entered, they-went-up into the upper-room where they-were staying, both [the] Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James (son of) Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot and Judas (son of) James. ¹⁴ These all were continuing in-close-company together in-[the] prayer with (the) women and Mary the mother of-[the] Jesus and the brothers of-him.

¹⁵ And in [the] these days, Peter, having-arisen in the midst of-the brothers, said [and (a) crowd of-names was together³ about (a) hundred (and) twenty],

¹⁶ “Men brothers, it-was-necessary-for the scripture to-be-fulfilled that the Holy [the] Spirit spoke-ahead-of-time through (the) mouth of-David about Judas, the-one having-become (the) guide to-the-ones having-arrested Jesus, ¹⁷ because he-was numbered among us and obtained the/his portion of-[the] this ministry. [ ¹⁸ This-one then purchased (a) field from (the) pay of-the injustice and having-become headfirst/swollen, he-burst-open in-the-midst and all the entrails of-him gushed-out. ¹⁹ And it-became known to-all the-ones dwelling-in Jerusalem, so-that [the] that field was-called in-[the] their-own language Aceldama, that is, ‘Field of-Blood.’] ²⁰ For it-has-been-written in (the) Book of Psalms,

‘Let┘the house/home of-him└become desolate,

                        and let┘the/a dweller not└be in it.’

and

‘Let┘another└take the office of-him.’

²¹ So it-is-necessary—of-the men traveling-with us in all (the) time in which the Lord Jesus went-in and went-out with us, ²² beginning from the baptism of-John to the day which he-was-taken-up from us—that one of-these become (a) witness with us of-the resurrection of-him.”

²³ And they-set two: Joseph, the-one called Barsabbas, who was-called Justus, and Matthias. ²⁴ And having-prayed, they-said,

“You, Lord, heart-knower of-all, show which one of these [the] two you-chose ²⁵ to-receive the place of-[the] this ministry and apostleship from which Judas went to [the] his-own [the] place.”

²⁶ And they-gave lots for-them, and the lot fell on Matthias; and he-was-included-with the eleven apostles.