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Acts of the Apostles, Chapter 1

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Chapter 1 of Acts—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. ¶ The first account I [a]composed, 1Theophilus, about all that Jesus 2began to do and teach,
  2. until the day when He 3was taken up to heaven, after He 4had [b]by the Holy Spirit given orders to 5the apostles whom He had 6chosen.
  3. To [c]these 7He also presented Himself alive after His suffering, by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking of 8the things concerning the kingdom of God.
  4. [d]Gathering them together, He commanded them 9not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for [e]10what the Father had promised, “Which,” He said, “you heard of from Me;
  5. for 11John baptized with water, but you will be baptized [f]with the Holy Spirit [g]12not many days from now.”
  6. ¶ So when they had come together, they were asking Him, saying, “Lord, 13is it at this time You are restoring the kingdom to Israel?”
  7. He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or epochs which 14the Father has fixed by His own authority;
  8. but you will receive power 15when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be 16My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and 17Samaria, and even to 18the remotest part of the earth.”
  9. ¶ And after He had said these things, 19He was lifted up while they were looking on, and a cloud received Him out of their sight.
  10. And as they were gazing intently into [h]the sky while He was going, behold, 20two men in white clothing stood beside them.
  11. They also said, “21Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into [i]the sky? This Jesus, who 22has been taken up from you into heaven, will 23come in just the same way as you have watched Him go into heaven.”
  12. ¶ Then they 24returned to Jerusalem from the [j]25mount called [k]Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a [l]Sabbath day’s journey away.
  13. When they had entered the city, they went up to 26the upper room where they were staying; 27that is, Peter and John and [m]James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, [n]James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and 28Judas the [o]son of [p]James.
  14. These all with one mind 29were continually devoting themselves to prayer, along with 30the women, and Mary the 31mother of Jesus, and with His 32brothers.
  15. [q]At this time Peter stood up in the midst of 33the brethren (a gathering of about one hundred and twenty [r]persons was there together), and said,
  16. “Brethren, 34the Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit foretold by the mouth of David concerning Judas, 35who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus.
  17. For he was 36counted among us and received his share in 37this ministry.”
  18. (Now this man 38acquired a field with 39the price of his wickedness, and falling headlong, he burst open in the middle and all his intestines gushed out.
  19. And it became known to all who were living in Jerusalem; so that in 40their own language that field was called Hakeldama, that is, Field of Blood.)
  20. “For it is written in the book of Psalms,
    ¶ ‘41LET HIS HOMESTEAD BE MADE DESOLATE,
    AND LET NO ONE DWELL IN IT’;
    ¶ and,
    ¶ ‘42LET ANOTHER MAN TAKE HIS [s]OFFICE.’
  21. ¶ Therefore it is necessary that of the men who have accompanied us all the time that 43the Lord Jesus went in and out [t]among us—
  22. 44beginning [u]with the baptism of John until the day that He 45was taken up from us—one of these must become a 46witness with us of His resurrection.”
  23. So they put forward two men, Joseph called Barsabbas (who was also called Justus), and 47Matthias.
  24. And they 48prayed and said, “You, Lord, 49who know the hearts of all men, show which one of these two You have chosen
  25. to [v]occupy 50this ministry and 51apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place.”
  26. And they [w]52drew lots for them, and the lot fell [x]to 53Matthias; and he was [y]added to 54the eleven apostles.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Lit made
  2. ^ Or through
  3. ^ Lit whom
  4. ^ Or eating with; or lodging with
  5. ^ Lit the promise of the Father
  6. ^ Or in
  7. ^ Lit not long after these many days
  8. ^ Or heaven
  9. ^ Or heaven
  10. ^ Or hill
  11. ^ Or Olive Grove
  12. ^ I.e. 2K cubits, or approx 3/5 mile
  13. ^ Or Jacob
  14. ^ Or Jacob
  15. ^ Or brother
  16. ^ Or Jacob
  17. ^ Lit In these days
  18. ^ Lit names
  19. ^ Lit position as overseer
  20. ^ Lit to us
  21. ^ Lit from
  22. ^ Lit take the place of
  23. ^ Lit gave
  24. ^ Or upon
  25. ^ Lit voted together with

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Lu 1:3
  2. ^ Lu 3:23
  3. ^ Mr 16:19; Ac 1:9, 11, 22
  4. ^ Mt 28:19f; Mr 16:15; Jn 20:21f; Ac 10:42
  5. ^ Mr 6:30
  6. ^ Jn 13:18; Ac 10:41
  7. ^ Mt 28:17; Mr 16:12, 14; Lu 24:34, 36; Jn 20:19, 26; 21:1, 14; 1Co 15:5-7
  8. ^ Ac 8:12; 19:8; 28:23, 31
  9. ^ Lu 24:49
  10. ^ Jn 14:16, 26; 15:26; Ac 2:33
  11. ^ Mt 3:11; Mr 1:8; Lu 3:16; Jn 1:33; Ac 11:16
  12. ^ Ac 2:1-4
  13. ^ Mt 17:11; Mr 9:12; Lu 17:20; 19:11
  14. ^ Mt 24:36; Mr 13:32
  15. ^ Ac 2:1-4
  16. ^ Lu 24:48; Jn 15:27
  17. ^ Ac 8:1, 5, 14
  18. ^ Mt 28:19; Mr 16:15; Ro 10:18; Col 1:23
  19. ^ Lu 24:50, 51; Ac 1:2
  20. ^ Lu 24:4; Jn 20:12
  21. ^ Ac 2:7; 13:31
  22. ^ Mr 16:19; Ac 1:9, 22
  23. ^ Mt 16:27f; Ac 3:21
  24. ^ Lu 24:52
  25. ^ Mt 21:1
  26. ^ Mr 14:15; Lu 22:12; Ac 9:37, 39; 20:8
  27. ^ Ac 1:13; Mt 10:2-4; Mr 3:16-19; Lu 6:14-16
  28. ^ Jn 14:22
  29. ^ Ac 2:42; 6:4; Ro 12:12; Eph 6:18; Col 4:2
  30. ^ Lu 8:2f
  31. ^ Mt 12:46
  32. ^ Mt 12:46
  33. ^ Jn 21:23; Ac 6:3; 9:30; 10:23; 11:1, 12, 26, 29; 12:17; 14:2; 15:1, 3, 22, 23, 32f, 40; 16:2, 40; 17:6, 10, 14; 18:18, 27; 21:7, 17; 22:5; 28:14f; Ro 1:13
  34. ^ Jn 13:18; 17:12; Ac 1:20
  35. ^ Mt 26:47; Mr 14:43; Lu 22:47; Jn 18:3
  36. ^ Jn 6:70f
  37. ^ Ac 1:25; 20:24; 21:19
  38. ^ Mt 27:3-10
  39. ^ Mt 26:14f
  40. ^ Mt 27:8; Ac 21:40
  41. ^ Ps 69:25
  42. ^ Ps 109:8
  43. ^ Lu 24:3
  44. ^ Mt 3:16; Mr 1:1-4, 9; Lu 3:21
  45. ^ Mr 16:19; Ac 1:2
  46. ^ Ac 1:8; 2:32
  47. ^ Ac 1:26
  48. ^ Ac 6:6; 13:3; 14:23
  49. ^ 1Sa 16:7; Je 17:10; Ac 15:8; Ro 8:27
  50. ^ Ac 1:17
  51. ^ Ro 1:5; 1Co 9:2; Ga 2:8
  52. ^ Le 16:8; Jos 14:2; 1Sa 14:41f; Ne 10:34; 11:1; Pr 16:33
  53. ^ Ac 1:23
  54. ^ Ac 2:14

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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