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Text -- Acts 1:1-20 (NET)

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Jesus Ascends to Heaven
1:1 I wrote the former account, Theophilus, about all that Jesus began to do and teach 1:2 until the day he was taken up to heaven, after he had given orders by the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen. 1:3 To the same apostles also, after his suffering, he presented himself alive with many convincing proofs. He was seen by them over a forty-day period and spoke about matters concerning the kingdom of God. 1:4 While he was with them, he declared, “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait there for what my Father promised, which you heard about from me. 1:5 For John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.” 1:6 So when they had gathered together, they began to ask him, “Lord, is this the time when you are restoring the kingdom to Israel?” 1:7 He told them, “You are not permitted to know the times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority. 1:8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the farthest parts of the earth.” 1:9 After he had said this, while they were watching, he was lifted up and a cloud hid him from their sight. 1:10 As they were still staring into the sky while he was going, suddenly two men in white clothing stood near them 1:11 and said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand here looking up into the sky? This same Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven will come back in the same way you saw him go into heaven.”
A Replacement for Judas is Chosen
1:12 Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mountain called the Mount of Olives (which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey away). 1:13 When they had entered Jerusalem, they went to the upstairs room where they were staying. Peter and John, and James, and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James were there. 1:14 All these continued together in prayer with one mind, together with the women, along with Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers. 1:15 In those days Peter stood up among the believers (a gathering of about one hundred and twenty people) and said, 1:16 “Brothers, the scripture had to be fulfilled that the Holy Spirit foretold through David concerning Judas– who became the guide for those who arrested Jesus1:17 for he was counted as one of us and received a share in this ministry.” 1:18 (Now this man Judas acquired a field with the reward of his unjust deed, and falling headfirst he burst open in the middle and all his intestines gushed out. 1:19 This became known to all who lived in Jerusalem, so that in their own language they called that field Hakeldama, that is, “Field of Blood.”) 1:20 “For it is written in the book of Psalms, ‘Let his house become deserted, and let there be no one to live in it,’ and ‘Let another take his position of responsibility.’
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:
 · Akeldama the field Judas purchased with the money he received for betraying Jesus, and where he killed himself.
 · Alphaeus the father of James, one of the twelve,the father of Levi (Matthew), one of the twelve.
 · Andrew the brother of Simon Peter
 · Bartholomew a man who was one of the twelve apostles
 · David a son of Jesse of Judah; king of Israel,son of Jesse of Judah; king of Israel
 · Galilee the region of Palestine north of Sameria and west of the upper Jordan River,a region west of Lake Galilee and north of the Jezreel Valley
 · Israel a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel
 · James a son of Zebedee; brother of John; an apostle,a son of Alpheus; an apostle,a brother of Jesus; writer of the epistle of James,the father (or brother) of the apostle Judas
 · Jerusalem the capital city of Israel,a town; the capital of Israel near the southern border of Benjamin
 · John a son of Zebedee; younger brother of James; the beloved disciple of Christ,a relative of Annas the high priest,a son of Mary the sister of Barnabas, and surnamed Mark,the father of Simon Peter
 · Judas a son of Mary and Joseph; half-brother of Jesus)
 · Judea a region that roughly corresponded to the earlier kingdom of Judah
 · Mary mother of Jesus and wife of Joseph,a woman from Magdala in Galilee,the mother of James and Joses,the wife of Cleophas,the sister of Lazarus and Martha in Bethany,the mother of John Mark who was a nephew of Barnabas,a Christian woman in Rome who helped Paul
 · Matthew a son of Alpheus; a tax collector who became one of the twelve apostles
 · Olivet a ridge east of Jerusalem across the Kidron Valley and rising about 200 feet above the city (NIV note)
 · Peter a man who was a leader among the twelve apostles and wrote the two epistles of Peter
 · Philip a man who was one of the twelve apostles,a son of Herod the Great; husband of Herodias; ruler of Iturea and Traconitis north and west of Galilee,a man who was one of the seven chosen to serve tables at the church at Jerusalem
 · Psalm an O.T. book name and/or one of the Psalms comprising the book
 · Samaria residents of the district of Samaria
 · Simon a son of Jonas and brother of Andrew; an apostle of Jesus Christ,a man who was one of the apostles of Christ and also called 'the Zealot',a brother of Jesus,a man who was a well-know victim of leprosy who had been healed by Jesus (NIV note),a man from Cyrene who was forced to carry the cross of Jesus,a Pharisee man in whose house Jesus' feet were washed with tears and anointed,the father of Judas Iscariot,a man who was a sorcerer in Samaria and who wanted to buy the gifts of the Spirit,a man who was a tanner at Joppa and with whom Peter was staying when Cornelius sent for him
 · Theophilus the man to whom the books of Luke and Acts were written
 · Thomas a man who was one of the twelve apostles also called on three occasions,
 · Zealot a man who was one of the twelve apostles


Dictionary Themes and Topics: Apostles | ACTS OF THE APOSTLES, 13-OUTLINE | Peter | JESUS CHRIST, 4F | Matthias | James | Ascension | Jesus, The Christ | ACTS OF THE APOSTLES, 8-12 | Resurrection of Christ | Judas | JUDAS ISCARIOT | PETER, SIMON | Bartholomew | JOSEPH BARSABBAS | Prophecy | Matthew | Thomas | APOSTLE | GOD, 3 | more
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NET Notes: Act 1:1 Grk “O Theophilus,” but the usage of the vocative in Acts with ὦ (w) is unemphatic, following more the classical idiom (see ExSyn 69...

NET Notes: Act 1:2 Or “through.”

NET Notes: Act 1:3 Grk “during forty days.” The phrase “over a forty-day period” is used rather than “during forty days” because (as ...

NET Notes: Act 1:4 Grk “While he was with them, he ordered them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait there for ‘what my Father promised, which you heard about...

NET Notes: Act 1:5 The pronoun is plural in Greek.

NET Notes: Act 1:6 Grk “they began to ask him, saying.” The participle λέγοντες (legontes) is redundant in contempora...

NET Notes: Act 1:7 Grk “It is not for you to know.”

NET Notes: Act 1:8 Or “to the ends.”

NET Notes: Act 1:9 Grk “And after.” Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and Englis...

NET Notes: Act 1:10 Grk “behold.”

NET Notes: Act 1:11 Or “into the sky.” The Greek word οὐρανός (ouranos) may be translated “sky” (vv. 10, 11a) ...

NET Notes: Act 1:12 The phrase a Sabbath day’s journey refers to the distance the rabbis permitted a person to travel on the Sabbath without breaking the Sabbath, s...

NET Notes: Act 1:13 The words “were there” are not in the Greek text, but are implied.

NET Notes: Act 1:14 Jesus’ brothers are mentioned in Matt 13:55 and John 7:3.

NET Notes: Act 1:15 Or “brethren” (but the term includes both male and female believers present in this gathering, as indicated by those named in vv. 13-14).

NET Notes: Act 1:16 Grk “foretold by the mouth of.”

NET Notes: Act 1:17 Or “and was chosen to have a share in this ministry.” The term λαγχάνω (lancanw) here and in 2 Pet 1:1 ...

NET Notes: Act 1:18 Or “all his bowels.”

NET Notes: Act 1:19 Grk “that field was called.” The passive voice has been converted to active in the translation in keeping with contemporary English style.

NET Notes: Act 1:20 A quotation from Ps 109:8.

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