使徒行传 1
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应许得圣灵的能力
1 提阿非罗啊，我已经作了前书，论到耶稣开头一切所行所教训的， 2 直到他借着圣灵吩咐所拣选的使徒以后，被接上升的日子为止。 3 他受害之后，用许多的凭据将自己活活地显给使徒看，四十天之久向他们显现，讲说神国的事。 4 耶稣和他们聚集的时候，嘱咐他们说：“不要离开耶路撒冷，要等候父所应许的，就是你们听见我说过的。 5 约翰是用水施洗，但不多几日，你们要受圣灵的洗。”
主被接上升
6 他们聚集的时候，问耶稣说：“主啊，你复兴以色列国就在这时候吗？” 7 耶稣对他们说：“父凭着自己的权柄所定的时候、日期，不是你们可以知道的。 8 但圣灵降临在你们身上，你们就必得着能力，并要在耶路撒冷、犹太全地和撒马利亚，直到地极，作我的见证。” 9 说了这话，他们正看的时候，他就被取上升，有一朵云彩把他接去，便看不见他了。 10 当他往上去，他们定睛望天的时候，忽然有两个人身穿白衣站在旁边，说： 11 “加利利人哪，你们为什么站着望天呢？这离开你们被接升天的耶稣，你们见他怎样往天上去，他还要怎样来。”
门徒在楼房祈祷
12 有一座山名叫橄榄山，离耶路撒冷不远，约有安息日可走的路程。当下，门徒从那里回耶路撒冷去， 13 进了城，就上了所住的一间楼房。在那里有彼得、约翰、雅各、安得烈、腓力、多马、巴多罗买、马太、亚勒腓的儿子雅各、奋锐党的西门和雅各的儿子[a]犹大。 14 这些人同着几个妇人和耶稣的母亲马利亚，并耶稣的弟兄，都同心合意地恒切祷告。
犹大的结局
15 那时，有许多人聚会，约有一百二十名，彼得就在弟兄中间站起来， 16 说：“弟兄们，圣灵借大卫的口在圣经上预言领人捉拿耶稣的犹大，这话是必须应验的。 17 他本来列在我们数中，并且在使徒的职任上得了一份。 18 这人用他作恶的工价买了一块田，以后身子仆倒，肚腹崩裂，肠子都流出来。 19 住在耶路撒冷的众人都知道这事，所以按着他们那里的话给那块田起名叫亚革大马，就是‘血田’的意思。 20 因为诗篇上写着说：‘愿他的住处变为荒场，无人在内居住’，又说：‘愿别人得他的职分。’
拣选马提亚
21 “所以主耶稣在我们中间始终出入的时候， 22 就是从约翰施洗起，直到主离开我们被接上升的日子为止，必须从那常与我们做伴的人中立一位与我们同作耶稣复活的见证。” 23 于是选举两个人，就是那叫做巴撒巴、又称呼犹士都的约瑟和马提亚。 24 众人就祷告说：“主啊，你知道万人的心，求你从这两个人中指明你所拣选的是谁，叫他得这使徒的位分。这位分犹大已经丢弃，往自己的地方去了。” 26 于是众人为他们摇签，摇出马提亚来，他就和十一个使徒同列。
Footnotes
- 使徒行传 1:13 或作：兄弟。
Acts 1
Contemporary English Version
1 (A) Theophilus, I first wrote to you[a] about all that Jesus did and taught from the very first 2 until he was taken up to heaven. But before he was taken up, he gave orders to the apostles he had chosen with the help of the Holy Spirit.
3 For 40 days after Jesus had suffered and died, he proved in many ways that he had been raised from death. He appeared to his apostles and spoke to them about God's kingdom. 4 (B) While he was still with them, he said:
Don't leave Jerusalem yet. Wait here for the Father to give you the Holy Spirit, just as I told you he has promised to do. 5 (C) John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.
Jesus Is Taken to Heaven
6 While the apostles were still with Jesus, they asked him, “Lord, are you now going to give Israel its own king again?”[b]
7 Jesus said to them, “You don't need to know the time of those events that only the Father controls. 8 (D) But the Holy Spirit will come upon you and give you power. Then you will tell everyone about me in Jerusalem, in all Judea, in Samaria, and everywhere in the world.” 9 (E) After Jesus had said this and while they were watching, he was taken up into a cloud. They could not see him, 10 but as he went up, they kept looking up into the sky.
Suddenly two men dressed in white clothes were standing there beside them. 11 They said, “Why are you men from Galilee standing here and looking up into the sky? Jesus has been taken to heaven. But he will come back in the same way you have seen him go.”
Someone To Take the Place of Judas
12-13 (F) The Mount of Olives was about a kilometer from Jerusalem. The apostles who had gone there were Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon, known as the Eager One,[c] and Judas the son of James.
After the apostles returned to the city, they went upstairs to the room where they had been staying.
14 The apostles often met together and prayed with a single purpose in mind.[d] The women and Mary the mother of Jesus would meet with them, and so would his brothers. 15 One day there were about 120 of the Lord's followers meeting together, and Peter stood up to speak to them. 16-17 He said:
My friends, long ago by the power of the Holy Spirit, David said something about Judas, and what he said has now happened. Judas was one of us and had worked with us, but he brought the mob to arrest Jesus. 18 (G) Then Judas bought some land with the money he was given for doing that evil thing. He fell headfirst into the field. His body burst open, and all his insides came out. 19 When the people of Jerusalem found out about this, they called the place Akeldama, which in the local language means “Field of Blood.”
20 (H) In the book of Psalms it says,
“Leave his house empty,
and don't let anyone
live there.”
It also says,
“Let someone else
have his job.”
21-22 (I) So we need someone else to help us tell others that Jesus has been raised from death. He must also be one of the men who was with us from the very beginning. He must have been with us from the time the Lord Jesus was baptized by John until the day he was taken to heaven.
23 Two men were suggested: One of them was Joseph Barsabbas, known as Justus, and the other was Matthias. 24 Then they all prayed, “Lord, you know what everyone is like! Show us the one you have chosen 25 to be an apostle and to serve in place of Judas, who got what he deserved.” 26 They drew names, and Matthias was chosen to join the group of the eleven apostles.
Footnotes
- 1.1 I first wrote to you: The Gospel of Luke.
- 1.6 are you now going to give Israel its own king again: Or “Are you now going to rule Israel as its king?”
- 1.12,13 known as the Eager One: The Greek text has “Zealot,” a name later given to the members of a Jewish group that resisted and fought against the Romans.
- 1.14 met together and prayed with a single purpose in mind: Or “met together in a special place for prayer.”
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