10 They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white(A) stood beside them. 11 “Men of Galilee,”(B) they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back(C) in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.”

Matthias Chosen to Replace Judas

12 Then the apostles returned to Jerusalem(D) from the hill called the Mount of Olives,(E) a Sabbath day’s walk[a] from the city. 13 When they arrived, they went upstairs to the room(F) where they were staying. Those present were Peter, John, James and Andrew; Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew; James son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James.(G) 14 They all joined together constantly in prayer,(H) along with the women(I) and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.(J)

15 In those days Peter stood up among the believers (a group numbering about a hundred and twenty) 16 and said, “Brothers and sisters,[b](K) the Scripture had to be fulfilled(L) in which the Holy Spirit spoke long ago through David concerning Judas,(M) who served as guide for those who arrested Jesus. 17 He was one of our number(N) and shared in our ministry.”(O)

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 1:12 That is, about 5/8 mile or about 1 kilometer
  2. Acts 1:16 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in 6:3; 11:29; 12:17; 16:40; 18:18, 27; 21:7, 17; 28:14, 15.

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