Author: Luke; see note 31 in Luke 1.Time of Writing: A.D. 67 or 68, after the Gospel of Luke was written (1:1).Place of Writing: Perhaps Rome (cf. Philem. 24; 2 Tim. 4:11).Recipient: Theophilus (1:1); see note 32 in Luke 1.
Subject of Acts: The Propagation of the Resurrected Christ in His Ascension, by the Spirit, through the Disciples, for the Producing of the Churches—The Kingdom of God
Acts|1:1|-|The |1|former account I have made, O |2|Theophilus, concerning all the |3|things that Jesus began both to do and to teach, Acts|1:2|-|Until the day on which He was |a|taken up, after He had given |b|commandment through the Holy |1|Spirit to the |c|apostles whom He chose;
Acts|1:3|-|To whom also He |1|presented Himself alive after His suffering by many irrefutable proofs, |2a|appearing to them through aperiodof|3|forty days and speaking the things concerning the |4|kingdom of God.
Acts|1:4|-|And as He |1|met together with them, He charged them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the |2a|promise of the Father, which, He|b|said, You heard from Me; Acts|1:5|-|For John |a|baptized with |1|water, but you shall be |2|baptized in the Holy Spirit not many days from now. Acts|1:6|-|So the ones who came together asked Him, saying, Lord, are You at this |a|time |b|restoring the |1|kingdom to Israel? Acts|1:7|-|But He said to them, It is not for you to know |a|times or seasons which the Father has set by His own authority. Acts|1:8|-|But you shall |1|receive |a|power when the Holy |b|Spirit comes |2|upon you, and you shall be My |3c|witnesses both in Jerusalem and in all |d|Judea and |e|Samaria and unto the |f|uttermost part of the earth.
Acts|1:9|-|And when He had said these things, while they were looking on, He was lifted up, and a cloud |a|took Him away from their sight. Acts|1:10|-|And while they were looking intently into heaven as He went, behold, |a|two men in |b|white clothing stood beside them, Acts|1:11|-|Who also said, |1|Men of |a|Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into |2|heaven, will |3b|come in the |4|same way as you |5|beheld Him going into heaven.
Acts|1:12|-|Then they returned to |1a|Jerusalem from the mount called |b|Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a |2|Sabbath day’s journey away. Acts|1:13|-|And when they entered, they went up to the |a|upper room where they were residing, |b|Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James theson of Alphaeus and Simon the |1|Zealot and Judas the|2|brother of James. Acts|1:14|-|These all |1a|continued steadfastly |2|with |b|one accord in |3|prayer, together with the |c|women and |4|Mary the |d|mother of Jesus, and with His brothers.
Acts|1:15|-|And in those days |a|Peter stood up in the midst of the |b|brothers and |1|said (there was a group of persons gathered together, about a hundred and twenty), Acts|1:16|-||1|Men, brothers, the |a|Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke before through the mouth of David concerning |b|Judas, who became a guide to those who seized Jesus; Acts|1:17|-|For he was |a|numbered among us and was allotted his portion of |1|this |b|ministry. Acts|1:18|-|(Now this man acquired a piece of |a|land with the |1b|wages of unrighteousness; and falling headlong, he burst in the middle, and all his inward parts gushed out. Acts|1:19|-|And it became known to all those dwelling in Jerusalem, so that that piece of land was called in their own dialect, |1|Akeldamach, that is, Field of |2|Blood.) Acts|1:20|-|For it is written in the book of Psalms, |a|“Let his habitation become desolate, and let no one dwell in it”; and, |b|“His overseership let another take.” Acts|1:21|-|It is necessary therefore that of the men who accompanied us all the time in which the Lord Jesus |a|went in and went out |1|among us, Acts|1:22|-|Beginning from the baptism of |a|John until the day on which He was |b|taken up from us, one of these should become a |c|witness of His |1d|resurrection with us. Acts|1:23|-|And they proposed two, Joseph, called |a|Barsabbas, who was surnamed |b|Justus, and Matthias. Acts|1:24|-|And they |a|prayed and said, You Lord, Knower of the |b|hearts of all, show us clearly the one whom You have chosen of these two Acts|1:25|-|To take the place of this ministry and |a|apostleship, from which Judas turned aside to |b|go to his own place. Acts|1:26|-|And they cast |1|lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias; and he was counted with the eleven apostles.