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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 Worsley's 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> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><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="../">WNT</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">Worsley's 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><bld>The</bld> former treatise, O Theophilus, I made concerning all that Jesus undertook both to do and to teach; <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>till the day in which He was taken up, after He had by the holy Spirit given instructions to the apostles whom He had chosen: <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>to whom also He presented Himself alive, after He had suffered, by many certain proofs; being seen among them for forty days, and speaking of the things relating to the kingdom of God.<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And meeting <i>them</i> together He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, <FR>which,<Fr> <i>said He,</i> <FR>ye have heard from me;<Fr> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><FR>for John indeed baptized with water, but ye shall within a few days be baptized with the holy Spirit.<Fr><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 come together they asked Him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore 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 unto them, <FR>It is not for you to know the times or seasons, which the Father hath reserved in his own power.<Fr> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><FR>But ye shall receive power <Fr><i>from</i><FR> the holy Spirit coming upon you: and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and to the uttermost <Fr><i>part</i><FR> of the earth.<Fr><p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And having said these <i>things,</i> as they were looking <i>upon Him,</i> He was lifted 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 while they were looking stedfastly toward heaven, as He went <i>up,</i> behold two men in white stood by them; <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>who said, Ye men of Galilee, why do ye stand gazing up to heaven? This Jesus who is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in the manner ye have seen Him going into heaven.<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 called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath-day's journey. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And when they were come in <i>to the city,</i> they went up into an upper room, where Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James <i>the son</i> of Alpheus, and Simon the zealot, and Jude <i>the brother</i> of James, <i>usually</i> abode. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>These all persevered with one accord in prayer and supplication with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brethren.<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And in these days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, (now the number of the persons <i>that were</i> together was about an hundred and twenty,) <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>and said, Men <i>and</i> brethren, it was necessary that this scripture should be fulfilled, which the holy Ghost spake by the mouth of David, concerning Judas, who was guide to them that apprehended Jesus: <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>for he was numbered with us, and had obtained a part of this ministry. <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>(Now this <i>man</i> purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling down on his face, burst asunder in the middle, and all his bowels gushed out: <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>(and it was known to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the field is called in their own dialect, Aceldama, that is, 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 none dwell in it; and <i>again,</i> Let another take his office.)<p> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/1-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Wherefore it is necessary that one of these men, who have been conversant with us all the time that the Lord Jesus came in and out among us, <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/1-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>from the baptism of John, till the day that He was taken up from us, should be <i>joined</i> with us <i>as</i> a witness of his resurrection. <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/1-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And they proposed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias. <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/1-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And they prayed and said, Thou, Lord, who knowest the hearts of all, shew <i>us,</i> 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>to take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas is fallen by his transgression, that he might go to his own place. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/1-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And they gave <i>out</i> their lots, and the lot fell upon Matthias, and he was numbered with the apostles.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Worsley's New Testament (1770)<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>