I.
Introduction
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The 1former account I have made, O
2Theophilus, concerning all the
3things that Jesus began both to do and to teach,
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Until the day on which He was
ataken up, after He had given
bcommandment through the Holy
1Spirit to the
capostles whom He chose;
II.
The preparation
1:3-26
A.
Christ's preparation
vv. 3-8
1.
Speaking to the disciples the things concerning the kingdom of God
v.3
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To whom also He
1presented Himself alive after His suffering by many irrefutable proofs,
2aappearing to them through
a period of 3forty days and speaking the things concerning the
4kingdom of God.
2.
Charging them to wait for the baptism in the Holy Spirit
vv. 4-8
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And as He
1met together with
them, He charged them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the
2apromise of the Father, which,
He bsaid, You heard from Me;
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For John
abaptized with
1water, but you shall be
2baptized in the Holy Spirit not many days from now.
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So the ones who came together asked Him, saying, Lord, are You at this
atime brestoring the
1kingdom to Israel?
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But He said to them, It is not for you to know
atimes or seasons which the Father has set by His own authority.
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But you shall
1receive apower when the Holy
bSpirit comes
2upon you, and you shall be My
3cwitnesses both in Jerusalem and in all
dJudea and
eSamaria and unto the
futtermost part of the earth.
B.
Christ's ascension
vv. 9-11
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And when He had said these things, while they were looking on, He was lifted up, and a cloud
atook Him away from their sight.
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And while they were looking intently into heaven as He went, behold,
atwo men in
bwhite clothing stood beside them,
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Who also said,
1Men of
aGalilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into
2heaven, will
3bcome in the
4same way as you
5beheld Him going into heaven.
C.
The disciples' preparation
vv. 12-26
1.
Persevering in prayer
vv. 12-14
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Then they returned to
1aJerusalem from the mount called
bOlivet, which is near Jerusalem, a
2Sabbath day's journey away.
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And when they entered, they went up to the
aupper room where they were residing,
bPeter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James
the son of Alphaeus and Simon the
1Zealot and Judas
the 2brother of James.
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These all
1acontinued steadfastly
2with bone accord in
3prayer, together with the
cwomen and
4Mary the
dmother of Jesus, and with His brothers.
2.
Choosing Matthias
vv. 15-26
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And in those days
aPeter stood up in the midst of the
bbrothers and
1said (there was a group of persons
gathered together, about a hundred and twenty),
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1Men, brothers, the
aScripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke before through the mouth of David concerning
bJudas, who became a guide to those who seized Jesus;
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For he was
anumbered among us and was allotted his portion of
1this bministry.
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(Now this man acquired a piece of
aland with the
1bwages of unrighteousness; and falling headlong, he burst in the middle, and all his inward parts gushed out.
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And it became known to all those dwelling in Jerusalem, so that that piece of land was called in their own dialect,
1Akeldamach, that is, Field of
2Blood.)
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For it is written in the book of Psalms,
a"Let his habitation become desolate, and let no one dwell in it''; and,
b"His overseership let another take.''
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It is necessary therefore that of the men who accompanied us all the time in which the Lord Jesus
awent in and went out
1among us,
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Beginning from the baptism of
aJohn until the day on which He was
btaken up from us, one of these should become a
cwitness of His
1dresurrection with us.
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And they proposed two, Joseph, called
aBarsabbas, who was surnamed
bJustus, and Matthias.
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And they
aprayed and said, You Lord, Knower of the
bhearts of all, show
us clearly the one whom You have chosen of these two
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To take the place of this ministry and
aapostleship, from which Judas turned aside to
bgo to his own place.
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And they cast
1lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias; and he was counted with the eleven apostles.
