⁶ Therefore, when they had come together, they asked Him, saying, “Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” ⁷ And He said to them, ^(A)“It is not for you to ^(B)know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority. ^8 (C)But you shall receive power ^(D)when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and ^(E)you shall be ^[a]witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and ^(F)Samaria, and to the ^(G)end of the earth.”

Jesus Ascends to Heaven^(H)

^9 (I)Now when He had spoken these things, while they watched, ^(J)He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight. ¹⁰ And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them ^(K)in white apparel, ¹¹ who also said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, ^(L)will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven.”

The Upper Room Prayer Meeting

^12 (M)Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey. ¹³ And when they had entered, they went up ^(N)into the upper room where they were staying: ^(O)Peter, James, John, and Andrew; Philip and Thomas; Bartholomew and Matthew; James the son of Alphaeus and ^(P)Simon the Zealot; and ^(Q)Judas the son of James. ^14 (R)These all continued with one ^[b]accord in prayer ^[c]and supplication, with ^(S)the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with ^(T)His brothers.

Matthias Chosen^(U)

¹⁵ And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the ^[d]disciples (altogether the number ^(V)of names was about a hundred and twenty), and said, ¹⁶ “Men and brethren, this Scripture had to be fulfilled, ^(W)which the Holy Spirit spoke before by the mouth of David concerning Judas, ^(X)who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus; ¹⁷ for ^(Y)he was numbered with us and obtained a part in ^(Z)this ministry.”

^18 (AA)(Now this man purchased a field with ^(AB)the ^[e]wages of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst open in the middle and all his ^[f]entrails gushed out. ¹⁹ And it became known to all those dwelling in Jerusalem; so that field is called in their own language, Akel Dama, that is, Field of Blood.)

²⁰ “For it is written in the Book of Psalms:

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² And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and ^(A)it filled the whole house where they were sitting. ³ Then there appeared to them ^[a]divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. ⁴ And ^(B)they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began ^(C)to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

The Crowd’s Response

⁵ And there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, ^(D)devout men, from every nation under heaven. ⁶ And when this sound occurred, the ^(E)multitude came together, and were confused, because everyone heard them speak in his own language. ⁷ Then they were all amazed and marveled, saying to one another, “Look, are not all these who speak ^(F)Galileans? ⁸ And how is it that we hear, each in our own ^[b]language in which we were born? ⁹ Parthians and Medes and Elamites, those dwelling in Mesopotamia, Judea and ^(G)Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, ¹⁰ Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya adjoining Cyrene, visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, ¹¹ Cretans and ^[c]Arabs—we hear them speaking in our own tongues the wonderful works of God.” ¹² So they were all amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, “Whatever could this mean?”

¹³ Others mocking said, “They are full of new wine.”

Peter’s Sermon^(H)

¹⁴ But Peter, standing up with the eleven, raised his voice and said to them, “Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and heed my words. ¹⁵ For these are not drunk, as you suppose, ^(I)since it is only ^[d]the third hour of the day. ¹⁶ But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:

²² “Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a Man attested by God to you ^(Q)by miracles, wonders, and signs which God did through Him in your midst, as you yourselves also know— ²³ Him, ^(R)being delivered by the determined purpose and foreknowledge of God, ^(S)you ^[e]have taken by lawless hands, have crucified, and put to death; ^24 (T)whom God raised up, having ^[f]loosed the ^[g]pains of death, because it was not possible that He should be held by it. ²⁵ For David says concerning Him: