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<span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/1-7.htm" target="_top"><b>7</b></a></span>He said to them, It is not for you to know times or epochs which the Father has fixed by His own authority; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/1-8.htm" target="_top"><b>8</b></a></span>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 even to the remotest part of the earth.<p> <font size="1"><br><br></font><font color="#000000"><b><i>The Ascension</i></b></font><font size="1"><br><br></font>      <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/1-9.htm" target="_top"><b>9</b></a></span>And after He had said these things, He was lifted up while they were looking on, and a cloud received Him out of their sight. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/1-10.htm" target="_top"><b>10</b></a></span>And as they were gazing intently into the sky while He was going, behold, two men in white clothing stood beside them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/1-11.htm" target="_top"><b>11</b></a></span>They also 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 just the same way as you have watched Him go into heaven.<p> <font size="1"><br><br></font><font color="#000000"><b><i>The Upper Room</i></b></font><font size="1"><br><br></font>      <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/1-12.htm" target="_top"><b>12</b></a></span>Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath days journey away. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/1-13.htm" target="_top"><b>13</b></a></span>When they had entered <i>the city,</i> they went up to the upper room where they were staying; that is, Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James <i>the son</i> of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas <i>the</i> <i>son</i> of James. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/1-14.htm" target="_top"><b>14</b></a></span>These all with one mind were continually devoting themselves to prayer, along with <i>the</i> women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers.<p>       <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/1-15.htm" target="_top"><b>15</b></a></span>At this time Peter stood up in the midst of the brethren (a gathering of about one hundred and twenty persons was there together), and said, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/1-16.htm" target="_top"><b>16</b></a></span>Brethren, 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/1-17.htm" target="_top"><b>17</b></a></span>For he was counted among us and received his share in this ministry. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/1-18.htm" target="_top"><b>18</b></a></span>(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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/1-19.htm" target="_top"><b>19</b></a></span>And it became known to all who were living in Jerusalem; so that in their own language that field was called Hakeldama, that is, Field of Blood.)<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/1-20.htm" target="_top"><b>20</b></a></span>For it is written in the book of Psalms,<br>            L<font size="1">ET HIS HOMESTEAD BE MADE DESOLATE</font>,<br>            A<font size="1">ND LET NO ONE DWELL IN IT</font>;<br>            and,<br>            L<font size="1">ET ANOTHER MAN TAKE HIS</font> <font size="1">OFFICE</font>.<br><p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/1-21.htm" target="_top"><b>21</b></a></span>Therefore it is necessary that of the men who have accompanied us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/1-22.htm" target="_top"><b>22</b></a></span>beginning with the baptism of John until the day that He was taken up from usone of these <i>must</i> become a witness with us of His resurrection. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/1-23.htm" target="_top"><b>23</b></a></span>So they put forward two men, Joseph called Barsabbas (who was also called Justus), and Matthias. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/1-24.htm" target="_top"><b>24</b></a></span>And they prayed and said, You, Lord, who know the hearts of all men, show which one of these two You have chosen <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/1-25.htm" target="_top"><b>25</b></a></span>to occupy this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/1-26.htm" target="_top"><b>26</b></a></span>And they drew lots for them, and the lot fell to Matthias; and he was added to the eleven apostles.<p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">NASB 1995 Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. 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