Atti 1
La Nuova Diodati
1 Io ho fatto il primo trattato, o Teofilo, circa tutte le cose che Gesú prese a fare e ad insegnare,
2 fino al giorno in cui fu portato in cielo dopo aver dato dei comandamenti per mezzo dello Spirito Santo agli apostoli che egli aveva scelto.
3 Ad essi, dopo aver sofferto, si presentò vivente con molte prove convincenti, facendosi da loro vedere per quaranta giorni e parlando delle cose riguardanti il regno di Dio.
4 E, ritrovandosi assieme a loro, comandò loro che non si allontanassero da Gerusalemme, ma che aspettassero la promessa del Padre: «Che, egli disse, voi avete udito da me.
5 Perché Giovanni battezzò con acqua, ma voi sarete battezzati con lo Spirito Santo, fra non molti giorni».
6 Cosí quelli che erano riuniti assieme lo interrogarono, dicendo: «Signore, è in questo tempo che ristabilirai il regno a Israele?».
7 Ma egli disse loro: «Non sta a voi di sapere i tempi e i momenti adatti, che il Padre ha stabilito di sua propria autorità.
8 Ma voi riceverete potenza quando lo Spirito Santo verrà su di voi, e mi sarete testimoni in Gerusalemme e in tutta la Giudea, in Samaria e fino all'estremità della terra».
9 Dette queste cose, mentre essi guardavano, fu sollevato in alto; e una nuvola lo accolse e lo sottrasse dai loro occhi.
10 Come essi avevano gli occhi fissi in cielo, mentre egli se ne andava, ecco due uomini in bianche vesti si presentarono loro,
11 e dissero: «Uomini Galilei, perché state a guardare verso il cielo? Questo Gesú, che è stato portato in cielo di mezzo a voi, ritornerà nella medesima maniera in cui lo avete visto andare in cielo».
12 Allora essi ritornarono a Gerusalemme, dal monte chiamato dell'Uliveto, che è vicino a Gerusalemme quanto un cammin di sabato.
13 Rientrati in città, salirono nella sala di sopra, dove si trattenevano Pietro e Giacomo, Giovanni e Andrea, Filippo e Tommaso, Bartolomeo e Matteo, Giacomo d'Alfeo e Simone lo Zelota, e Giuda di Giacomo.
14 Tutti costoro perseveravano con una sola mente nella preghiera e supplica con le donne, con Maria, madre di Gesú, e con i fratelli di lui.
15 In quei giorni Pietro, alzatosi in mezzo ai discepoli (or il numero delle persone riunite era di circa centoventi), disse:
16 «Fratelli, era necessario che si adempisse questa Scrittura, che lo Spirito Santo predisse per bocca di Davide riguardo a Giuda, che fu la guida di coloro che arrestarono Gesú.
17 Perché egli era stato annoverato tra noi e aveva avuto parte in questo ministero.
18 Egli dunque acquistò un campo col compenso dell'iniquità e, essendo caduto in avanti, si squarciò in mezzo, e tutte le sue viscere si sparsero.
19 Questo divenne noto a tutti gli abitanti di Gerusalemme, cosicché quel campo nel loro proprio linguaggio è chiamato Akeldama, che vuol dire: "Campo di sangue".
20 E' scritto infatti nel libro dei Salmi: «Divenga la sua abitazione deserta e non vi sia chi abiti in essa», e: «Un altro prenda il suo ufficio».
21 Bisogna dunque che tra gli uomini che sono stati in nostra compagnia per tutto il tempo in cui il Signor Gesú è andato e venuto tra noi,
22 cominciando dal battesimo di Giovanni fino al giorno in cui egli fu portato in cielo da mezzo a noi, uno di questi diventi testimone con noi della sua risurrezione».
23 Or ne furono presentati due: Giuseppe, detto Barsaba, che era soprannominato Giusto, e Mattia.
24 E pregando, dissero: «Tu, Signore, che conosci i cuori di tutti, mostra quale di questi due hai scelto,
25 per ricevere la sorte di questo ministero e apostolato, dal quale Giuda si è sviato per andare al suo luogo».
26 Cosí tirarono a sorte, e la sorte cadde su Mattia; ed egli fu aggiunto agli undici apostoli.
Acts 1
Amplified Bible
Introduction
1 The first [a]account I made, Theophilus, was [a continuous report] about all the things that Jesus began to do and to [b]teach(A) 2 until the day when He ascended to heaven, after He had by the Holy Spirit given instruction to the apostles (special messengers) whom He had chosen. 3 To these [men] He also showed Himself alive after His suffering [in Gethsemane and on the cross], by [a series of] many infallible proofs and unquestionable demonstrations, appearing to them over a period of forty days and talking to them about the things concerning the kingdom of God. 4 While being together and eating with them, He commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for what the Father had promised, “Of which,” He said, “you have heard Me speak.(B) 5 For John baptized with water, but you will be baptized and empowered and united with the Holy Spirit, not long from now.”
6 So when they had come together, they asked Him repeatedly, “Lord, are You at this time reestablishing the kingdom and restoring it to Israel?” 7 He said to them, “It is not for you to know the times or epochs which the Father has fixed by His own authority. 8 But you will receive power and ability when the Holy Spirit comes upon you; and you will be My witnesses [to tell people about Me] both in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and Samaria, and even to the ends of the earth.”
The Ascension
9 And after He said these things, He was caught up as they looked on, and a cloud took Him up out of their sight. 10 While they were looking intently into the sky as He was going, two men in white clothing suddenly stood beside them, 11 who said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This [same] Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will return in just the same way as you have watched Him go into heaven.”
The Upper Room
12 Then the disciples returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet (Olive Grove), which is near Jerusalem, [only] a Sabbath day’s journey (less than one mile) away. 13 When they had entered the city, they went upstairs to the upper room where they were staying [indefinitely]; that is, Peter, and John and [his brother] James, and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew (Nathanael) and Matthew, [c]James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas (Thaddaeus) the son of James. 14 All these with one mind and one purpose were continually devoting themselves to prayer, [waiting together] along with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers.
15 Now on one of these days Peter stood up among the brothers and sisters (a gathering of about a hundred and twenty believers was there) and he said, 16 “Brothers and sisters, it was necessary that the Scripture be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit foretold by the lips of David [king of Israel] about Judas [Iscariot], who acted as guide to those who arrested Jesus. 17 For he (Judas) was counted among us and received his share [by divine allotment] in this ministry.” 18 (Now Judas Iscariot [d]acquired a piece of land [indirectly] with the [money paid him as a] reward for his treachery, and falling headlong, his body burst open in the middle and all his intestines poured out. 19 All the people in Jerusalem learned about this, so in their own dialect—Aramaic—they called the piece of land Hakeldama, that is, Field of Blood.) 20 “For in the book of Psalms it is written,
‘Let his place of residence become desolate,
And let there be no one to live in it’;
and [again],
‘Let another take his position as overseer.’(C)
21 So of the men who have accompanied us during all the time that the Lord Jesus spent with us, 22 beginning with the baptism by John [at the outset of Jesus’ ministry] until the day when He was taken up from us—one of these men must become a witness with us [to testify] of His resurrection.” 23 And they put forward two men, Joseph, the one called Barsabbas (who was surnamed Justus), and Matthias. 24 They prayed and said, “You, Lord, who know all hearts [their thoughts, motives, desires], show us which one of these two You have chosen 25 to occupy this ministry and apostleship which Judas left to go to his own place [of evil].” 26 And they [e]cast lots for them, and the lot fell to Matthias; and he was added to the eleven apostles.
Footnotes
- Acts 1:1 Luke is referring to his gospel.
- Acts 1:1 As the gospel tells us what Jesus began to do and teach, so Acts tells what He continued to do and teach by His Holy Spirit (F. F. Bruce).
- Acts 1:13 Also known as James the Less or James the Younger. His mother, Mary (Gr Maria), may have been either a sister or sister-in-law of Mary (Gr Mariam), the mother of Jesus.
- Acts 1:18 Peter means that the chief priests purchased the field in Judas’ name. He had returned to them with the money, and when they refused to accept it, he threw it into the temple sanctuary (Matt 27:3 ff). Afterwards they decided to buy the field for use as a burial ground for strangers. Peter goes on to say that Judas was disemboweled in a fall, while Matthew reports that Judas hanged himself (Matt 27:5). One explanation for the apparent discrepancy is that the rope or line that Judas was using broke, and the body fell in such a way as to be disemboweled (Matt 27:3 ff).
- Acts 1:26 The custom of the Jews was to write the names on stones, place them in a container and shake it until one stone fell out.
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