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吩咐门徒等候圣灵

提阿非罗先生:我已经写了前书,叙述耶稣开始所行所教的一切, 一直到他借着圣灵吩咐所拣选的使徒之后,被接上升的日子为止。 他受难以后,用许多凭据向使徒显示自己是活着的。他向使徒显现,并且讲论 神的国的事,有四十天之久。 耶稣和他们一同吃饭的时候,吩咐他们不要离开耶路撒冷,说:“你们要等候父的应许,就是你们听我讲过的, 约翰是用水施洗,但再过几天,你们要受圣灵的洗。”

耶稣升天

他们聚集的时候,问耶稣说:“主啊,你要在这时候使以色列复国吗?” 耶稣说:“父凭着自己的权柄所定的时间或日期,你们不必知道。 可是圣灵降临在你们身上,你们就必领受能力,并且要在耶路撒冷、犹太全地、撒玛利亚,直到地极,作我的见证人。” 说完了这话,他们还在看的时候,他被接上升,有一朵云把他接去,就看不见他了。 10 当他往上升,他们定睛望天的时候,忽然有两个人,身穿白衣,站在他们旁边, 11 说:“加利利人哪,为甚么站着望天呢?这位被接升天离开你们的耶稣,你们看见他怎样往天上去,他也要怎样回来。”

选出马提亚作使徒

12 后来,他们从橄榄山回到耶路撒冷。那山靠近耶路撒冷,有一安息日可走的路程。 13 他们进了城,上了一间楼房,就是彼得、约翰、雅各、安得烈、腓力、多马、巴多罗迈、马太、亚勒腓的儿子雅各、激进派的西门、雅各的儿子犹大等人所住的。 14 这些人和几个妇女,耶稣的母亲马利亚,还有他的兄弟们,都在一起,同心地恒切祷告。

15 那时,约有一百二十人聚会,彼得在众弟兄中间站起来说: 16 “弟兄们,经上的话,就是圣灵借着大卫的口,预言那领人捉拿耶稣的犹大的事,是一定会应验的。 17 他本是我们中间的一个,一同领受了这职分。 18 他用不义的酬劳买了一块田,结果倒头栽了下去,腹破肠流。 19 这事住在耶路撒冷的人全都知道,所以按当地的话,那块地称为亚革大马,意思就是‘血田’。 20 因为诗篇上写着:

‘愿他的住处变为荒场,

无人居在其中。’

又说:

‘愿别人取代他的职分。’

21-22 所以,从约翰施洗起,直到主离开我们被接上升的那天为止,当他在我们中间来往的时候,那些跟我们常在一起的人中,应该有一个人出来与我们一同作耶稣复活的见证人。” 23 于是他们提出两个人:约瑟(号称巴撒巴,又名犹士都)和马提亚, 24 就祷告说:“主啊!你知道万人的心,求你从这两个人中,指明你要拣选谁, 25 来承担这使徒的职位和工作。这职位犹大已经放弃,往他自己的地方去了。” 26 大家就为他们抽签,结果抽中了马提亚,他就与十一使徒同列。

路加写另一部书

提阿非罗,我在第一部书中,记述了耶稣从一开始所做和所教导的一切,直到他被升天为止。在此之前,他通过圣灵,给予自己挑选的使徒他的指示。 耶稣遇难之后,证明自己仍旧活着的令人信服的证据。耶稣在四十天期间里在使徒面前出现,向他们讲述上帝王国的事情。 有一次,和他们一起吃饭的时候,他吩咐说∶“不要离开耶路撒冷,而是要等待着领受天父应许过的,关于这应许,我以前对你们说过。 因为约翰是用水来施洗礼的,但是过几天,你们却会受到圣灵的洗礼。”

耶稣被接进天堂

当使徒们聚在一起时,他们问耶稣∶“主,现在是您把他们王国再赐给以色列人的时候吗?”

耶稣答道∶“天父以他的权威确定的日期和时刻,不是你们可以知道的。 但是,当圣灵来到你们身上的时候,你们将会领受到力量;你们将在耶路撒冷、在犹太和撒玛利亚全境,直至天涯海角,做我的见证人。”

说完这话,耶稣便在他们的注视下被升上天空。一片云遮掩着他,挡住了他们的视线。 10 当他离去时,他们都目不转睛地仰视着天空,突然有两个身穿白衣的人,站在他们的身边。 11 对他们说∶“加利利人啊,你们为什么站在这里望着天空呢?这个从你们这里被接进天堂的耶稣,你们看到他怎样到天堂去的,他还会怎样回来的。”

挑选一名新使徒

12 这之后,他们便从橄榄山返回了耶路撒冷。橄榄山离耶路撒冷大约有一公里的路程。 13 他们到达后,便到楼上他们住的那间屋子去了。这些人是彼得、约翰、雅各、安得烈、腓力和多马、巴得罗买和马太、亚勒腓的儿子雅各,激进派的西门和雅各的儿子犹大。

14 这些人时常聚在一起虔诚地祈祷。加入他们的还有一些妇女,其中有耶稣的母亲马利亚和他的兄弟。

15 几天之后,信徒们聚在一起,(大约120人)彼得站在他们中间说: 16 “弟兄们,圣灵借大卫之口,在《经》上预言犹大领人逮捕耶稣的事情,是不能不应验的。 17 这个人曾是我们中的一员,和我们一同工作过。”

18 (这个人用他做恶的钱买了一块地。结果一头栽在那里,五脏迸裂而死,连肠子都流出来了。 19 所有住在耶路撒冷的人都听说了这件事,于是便用他们的语言给那块土地起了一个名字,叫亚革大马,意思是“血田”。)

20 “因为《诗篇》书中记载说:

‘愿他的住地荒芜,
永无人烟。’ (A)

并且说:

‘愿另一个人顶替他侍奉的位置。’ (B)

所以,另外一名男人必须做为耶稣复活的见证人来加入我们,他是这些人中的一位,这些人在主耶稣进出的整个时间内,即从约翰开始为人们施洗礼、直到耶稣从我们这里被接进了天堂那天为止,都和我们在一起。”

23 使徒便推举出了两个人:一个是约瑟,人们又叫他巴撒巴(也叫犹士都);另一个人是马提亚。 24 然后,他们祷告说∶“主,你知道我们所有人的心,请您指出从这两个人中,你选中了谁做为使徒, 25 来顶替做为使徒这个侍奉的位置,就是犹大去了属于他的地方所留下的位置。” 26 他们在两个名字中抽了签。签子落到了马提亚的身上,他就加入了十一个使徒的行列。

To the Ends of the World

1-5 Dear Theophilus, in the first volume of this book I wrote on everything that Jesus began to do and teach until the day he said good-bye to the apostles, the ones he had chosen through the Holy Spirit, and was taken up to heaven. After his death, he presented himself alive to them in many different settings over a period of forty days. In face-to-face meetings, he talked to them about things concerning the kingdom of God. As they met and ate meals together, he told them that they were on no account to leave Jerusalem but “must wait for what the Father promised: the promise you heard from me. John baptized in water; you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit. And soon.”

When they were together for the last time they asked, “Master, are you going to restore the kingdom to Israel now? Is this the time?”

7-8 He told them, “You don’t get to know the time. Timing is the Father’s business. What you’ll get is the Holy Spirit. And when the Holy Spirit comes on you, you will be able to be my witnesses in Jerusalem, all over Judea and Samaria, even to the ends of the world.”

9-11 These were his last words. As they watched, he was taken up and disappeared in a cloud. They stood there, staring into the empty sky. Suddenly two men appeared—in white robes! They said, “You Galileans!—why do you just stand here looking up at an empty sky? This very Jesus who was taken up from among you to heaven will come as certainly—and mysteriously—as he left.”

Returning to Jerusalem

12-13 So they left the mountain called Olives and returned to Jerusalem. It was a little over half a mile. They went to the upper room they had been using as a meeting place:

Peter,

John,

James,

Andrew,

Philip,

Thomas,

Bartholomew,

Matthew,

James, son of Alphaeus,

Simon the Zealot,

Judas, son of James.

14 They agreed they were in this for good, completely together in prayer, the women included. Also Jesus’ mother, Mary, and his brothers.

Replacing Judas

15-17 During this time, Peter stood up in the company—there were about 120 of them in the room at the time—and said, “Friends, long ago the Holy Spirit spoke through David regarding Judas, who became the guide to those who arrested Jesus. That Scripture had to be fulfilled, and now has been. Judas was one of us and had his assigned place in this ministry.

18-20 “As you know, he took the evil bribe money and bought a small farm. There he came to a bad end, rupturing his belly and spilling his guts. Everybody in Jerusalem knows this by now; they call the place Murder Meadow. It’s exactly what we find written in the Psalms:

Let his farm become haunted
So no one can ever live there.

“And also what was written later:

Let someone else take over his post.

21-22 “Judas must now be replaced. The replacement must come from the company of men who stayed together with us from the time Jesus was baptized by John up to the day of his ascension, designated along with us as a witness to his resurrection.”

23-26 They nominated two: Joseph Barsabbas, nicknamed Justus, and Matthias. Then they prayed, “You, O God, know every one of us inside and out. Make plain which of these two men you choose to take the place in this ministry and leadership that Judas threw away in order to go his own way.” They then drew straws. Matthias won and was counted in with the eleven apostles.