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The former*treatise have I made, OTheophilus,ofallthatJesusbeganboth to doandteach,
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Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the HolyGhost had given commandments unto the apostleswhom he had chosen:
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To whomalso he shewedhimselfaliveafterhispassionbymany infallible proofs, being seen of them*fortydays,andspeaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:
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And, being assembled togetherwith them, commandedthem that they shouldnotdepartfromJerusalem,butwait for the promise of the Father,which, saith he, ye have heard of me.
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ForJohntrulybaptized with water;butye shall be baptizedwith the HolyGhostnotmany*dayshence.
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When they therefore were come together, they asked of him,saying, Lord*, wilt thouatthistime restore again the kingdom to Israel?
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And he saiduntothem,It isnot for you to know the timesor the seasons,which the Father hath putin his ownpower.
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But ye shall receivepower,[a] after that the HolyGhost is comeuponyou:and ye shall bewitnesses unto mebothinJerusalem,andinallJudaea,and in Samaria,andunto the uttermost part of the earth.
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And when he had spoken these things, while theybeheld, he was taken up; and a cloudreceivedhim out oftheirsight.
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Andwhile they looked stedfastly*towardheaven as he went up*, behold, twomen stood bytheminwhiteapparel;
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Whichalsosaid, Ye men of Galilee,why stand ye gazing upintoheaven? this sameJesus,which is taken upfromyouintoheaven,shallsocome in like manner asye have seenhimgointoheaven.
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Then returned theyuntoJerusalemfrom the mountcalledOlivet,whichisfromJerusalem a sabbath day's journey*.
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Andwhen they were come in, they went upinto an upper room,whereabode*bothPeter,andJames,andJohn,andAndrew,Philip,andThomas,Bartholomew,andMatthew,James the son of Alphaeus,andSimonZelotes,andJudas the brother of James.
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Theseallcontinued* with one accord in prayerandsupplication,with the women,andMary the mother of Jesus,andwithhisbrethren.
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AndinthosedaysPeter stood upin the midst of the disciples, and said*, (the number of namestogether*wereabout an hundred and twenty,)
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Men and brethren,thisscripturemust needs have been fulfilled, which the HolyGhostby the mouth of David spake beforeconcerningJudas,whichwasguide to them that tookJesus.
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For he wasnumberedwithus,and had obtainedpart of thisministry.
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Nowthismanpurchased a fieldwith the reward of iniquity;andfallingheadlong, he burst asunder in the midst,andallhisbowels gushed out.
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And it wasknown unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch asthatfield is called in theirpropertongue,Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood.
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For it is writtenin the book of Psalms,Lethishabitationbedesolate,andlet no mandwelltherein*: andhisbishoprick[b]letanothertake.
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Wherefore of thesemen which have companied with usall the timethattheLordJesuswentinandoutamongus,
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Beginningfrom the baptism of John,unto that same daythat he was taken upfromus,mustone be ordained to be a witnesswithus of hisresurrection.
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And they appointedtwo,JosephcalledBarsabas,who was surnamedJustus,andMatthias.
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And they prayed, and said, Thou,Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shewwhether*ofthesetwo thou hast chosen,
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That he may takepart of thisministryandapostleship,fromwhichJudas by transgression fell, that he might goto his ownplace.
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And they gave forththeirlots;and the lotfelluponMatthias;and he was numberedwith the elevenapostles.