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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Acts 1 Mace New Testament</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/acts/1.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/acts/1-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">Mace</a> > Acts 1</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../john/21.htm" title="John 21">◄</a> Acts 1 <a href="../acts/2.htm" title="Acts 2">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Mace New Testament</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/acts/1-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Prologue<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../luke/1.htm">Luke 1:1–4</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/1-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>In my former treatise, I gave an account, O Theophilus, of all the actions and doctrine of Jesus, to the time of his assumption, <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>after he had given the apostles he had chosen, the orders they were to execute by the holy spirit. <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>to whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion, of which they had many proofs, during the forty days he appear'd to them, and inform'd them about the reign of the Messias:<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>being with them when they were assembled, he order'd they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for what the father had promis'd, which, said he, I mention'd. <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>" for John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the holy ghost, not many days hence."<p> <A name="7"></a><p class="hdg">The Ascension<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../mark/16.htm#19">Mark 16:19–20</a>; <a href ="../luke/24.htm#50">Luke 24:50–53</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Being therefore in his presence, they asked him, saying, Lord, is this the time when you will restore again the kingdom to Israel? <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>and he said to them, it is not for you, to know the times or the seasons, which the father hath reserv'd in his own disposal. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>but ye shall receive the influence of the holy spirit, which will descend upon you: and ye shall be witnesses for me, in Jerusalem, in all Judea, and in Samaria, and to the remotest part of the earth.<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>After this discourse, while they beheld, he was taken up, and a cloud received him out of their sight. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>and as they were looking stedfastly toward heaven, as he mounted up, on a sudden, two men appear'd before them robed in white, who said, <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>"ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up to heaven? this same Jesus who is taken up from you into heaven, shall descend in the same manner as ye have seen him ascend thither."<p> <A name="13"></a><p class="hdg">Matthias Replaces Judas<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>then they returned to Jerusalem, from the mountain of olives, which is a sabbath-day's journey from it. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>When they were arrived there, they went up into an upper room, where Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, Matthew, James the son of Alpheus, Simon the Zelot, and Judas the brother of James used to resort, <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>and unanimously persevere in prayer with the women, Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brethren being present.<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>At that time the disciples being assembled, to the number of about an hundred and twenty, Peter rose up in the midst of them, <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>and said, men and brethren, the prediction which the holy ghost made, by the mouth of David, concerning Judas, who was guide to those that seiz'd Jesus, must have been accomplished. <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>he was of our number, and shared in the functions of this ministry. <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>but after he had purchased a field with the reward of his iniquity, he fell down, his belly burst, and all his bowels gushed out: <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>a fact so generally known to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that they called the field in their tongue, Aceldema, that is to say, the field of blood.<p> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/1-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>for it is written in the book of psalms, "let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein:" and "let another take possession of his charge."<p> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/1-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>wherefore of those who have accompanied us all the time that the Lord Jesus convers'd among us, <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/1-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>from his baptism by John, to the day of his assumption, we should chuse one to be a witness with us of his resurrection. <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/1-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>accordingly they presented two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was sirnamed Justus, and Matthias, and they prayed, <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/1-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>saying, "thou Lord, who knowest the hearts of all men, show us which of these two thou hast chosen, <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/1-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>that he may be admitted to this apostolick ministry which Judas abandoned, to go to his own place." <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/1-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>and having drawn lots; the lot fell upon Matthias, who was added to the eleven apostles.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Daniel Mace New Testament (1729)<br><br>Digital Text Courtesy <a href="https://theword.net">TheWord.net Bible Software</a>.<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</a>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../john/21.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="John 21"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="John 21" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../acts/2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Acts 2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Acts 2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>