Acts · Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
Acts 1 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
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Notes on this text (1)
- Romans 16:25–27 stands after 14:23 (as 14:24–26), as in most Byzantine manuscripts.
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1 τον μεν πρωτον λογον εποιησαμην περι παντων ω θεοφιλε ων ηρξατο ο ιησουσ ποιειν τε και διδασκειν
1 The first book I wrote, Theophilus, concerned all that Jesus began both to do and to teach,
2 αχρι ησ ημερασ εντειλαμενοσ τοισ αποστολοισ δια πνευματοσ αγιου ουσ εξελεξατο ανεληφθη
2 until the day in which he was received up, after he had given commandment through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen.
3 οισ και παρεστησεν εαυτον ζωντα μετα το παθειν αυτον εν πολλοισ τεκμηριοισ δι ημερων τεσσαρακοντα οπτανομενοσ αυτοισ και λεγων τα περι τησ βασιλειασ του θεου
3 To these he also showed himself alive after he suffered, by many proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking about God’s Kingdom.
4 και συναλιζομενοσ παρηγγειλεν αυτοισ απο ιεροσολυμων μη χωριζεσθαι αλλα περιμενειν την επαγγελιαν του πατροσ ην ηκουσατε μου
4 Being assembled together with them, he commanded them, “Don’t depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which you heard from me.
5 οτι ιωαννησ μεν εβαπτισεν υδατι υμεισ δε βαπτισθησεσθε εν πνευματι αγιω ου μετα πολλασ ταυτασ ημερασ
5 For John indeed baptized in water, but you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”
6 οι μεν ουν συνελθοντεσ επηρωτων αυτον λεγοντεσ κυριε ει εν τω χρονω τουτω αποκαθιστανεισ την βασιλειαν τω ισραηλ
6 Therefore, when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, are you now restoring the kingdom to Israel?”
7 ειπεν δε προσ αυτουσ ουχ υμων εστιν γνωναι χρονουσ η καιρουσ ουσ ο πατηρ εθετο εν τη ιδια εξουσια
7 He said to them, “It isn’t for you to know times or seasons which the Father has set within his own authority.
8 αλλα ληψεσθε δυναμιν επελθοντοσ του αγιου πνευματοσ εφ υμασ και εσεσθε μοι μαρτυρεσ εν τε ιερουσαλημ και εν παση τη ιουδαια και σαμαρεια και εωσ εσχατου τησ γησ
8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth.”
9 και ταυτα ειπων βλεποντων αυτων επηρθη και νεφελη υπελαβεν αυτον απο των οφθαλμων αυτων
9 When he had said these things, as they were looking, he was taken up, and a cloud received him out of their sight.
10 και ωσ ατενιζοντεσ ησαν εισ τον ουρανον πορευομενου αυτου και ιδου ανδρεσ δυο παρειστηκεισαν αυτοισ εν εσθητι λευκη
10 While they were looking steadfastly into the sky as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white clothing,
11 οι και ειπον ανδρεσ γαλιλαιοι τι εστηκατε εμβλεποντεσ εισ τον ουρανον ουτοσ ο ιησουσ ο αναληφθεισ αφ υμων εισ τον ουρανον ουτωσ ελευσεται ον τροπον εθεασασθε αυτον πορευομενον εισ τον ουρανον
11 who also said, “You men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who was received up from you into the sky, will come back in the same way as you saw him going into the sky.”
12 τοτε υπεστρεψαν εισ ιερουσαλημ απο ορουσ του καλουμενου ελαιωνοσ ο εστιν εγγυσ ιερουσαλημ σαββατου εχον οδον
12 Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mountain called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey away.
13 και οτε εισηλθον ανεβησαν εισ το υπερωον ου ησαν καταμενοντεσ ο τε πετροσ και ιακωβοσ και ιωαννησ και ανδρεασ φιλιπποσ και θωμασ βαρθολομαιοσ και ματθαιοσ ιακωβοσ αλφαιου και σιμων ο ζηλωτησ και ιουδασ ιακωβου
13 When they had come in, they went up into the upper room where they were staying, that is Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of James.
14 ουτοι παντεσ ησαν προσκαρτερουντεσ ομοθυμαδον τη προσευχη και τη δεησει συν γυναιξιν και μαρια τη μητρι του ιησου και συν τοισ αδελφοισ αυτου
14 All these with one accord continued steadfastly in prayer and supplication, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.
15 και εν ταισ ημεραισ ταυταισ αναστασ πετροσ εν μεσω των μαθητων ειπεν ην τε οχλοσ ονοματων επι το αυτο ωσ εκατον εικοσι
15 In these days, Peter stood up in the middle of the disciples (and the number of names was about one hundred twenty), and said,
16 ανδρεσ αδελφοι εδει πληρωθηναι την γραφην ταυτην ην προειπεν το πνευμα το αγιον δια στοματοσ δαυιδ περι ιουδα του γενομενου οδηγου τοισ συλλαβουσιν τον ιησουν
16 “Brothers, it was necessary that this Scripture should be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke before by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who was guide to those who took Jesus.
17 οτι κατηριθμημενοσ ην συν ημιν και ελαχεν τον κληρον τησ διακονιασ ταυτησ
17 For he was counted with us, and received his portion in this ministry.
18 ουτοσ μεν ουν εκτησατο χωριον εκ μισθου τησ αδικιασ και πρηνησ γενομενοσ ελακησεν μεσοσ και εξεχυθη παντα τα σπλαγχνα αυτου
18 Now this man obtained a field with the reward for his wickedness; and falling headlong, his body burst open and all his intestines gushed out.
19 και γνωστον εγενετο πασιν τοισ κατοικουσιν ιερουσαλημ ωστε κληθηναι το χωριον εκεινο τη ιδια διαλεκτω αυτων ακελδαμα τουτ εστιν χωριον αιματοσ
19 It became known to everyone who lived in Jerusalem that in their language that field was called ‘Akeldama,’ that is, ‘The field of blood.’
20 γεγραπται γαρ εν βιβλω ψαλμων γενηθητω η επαυλισ αυτου ερημοσ και μη εστω ο κατοικων εν αυτη και την επισκοπην αυτου λαβοι ετεροσ
20 For it is written in the book of Psalms, ‘Let his habitation be made desolate. Let no one dwell in it;’ and, ‘Let another take his office.’
21 δει ουν των συνελθοντων ημιν ανδρων εν παντι χρονω εν ω εισηλθεν και εξηλθεν εφ ημασ ο κυριοσ ιησουσ
21 “Of the men therefore who have accompanied us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
22 αρξαμενοσ απο του βαπτισματοσ ιωαννου εωσ τησ ημερασ ησ ανεληφθη αφ ημων μαρτυρα τησ αναστασεωσ αυτου γενεσθαι συν ημιν ενα τουτων
22 beginning from the baptism of John to the day that he was received up from us, of these one must become a witness with us of his resurrection.”
23 και εστησαν δυο ιωσηφ τον καλουμενον βαρσαβαν οσ επεκληθη ιουστοσ και ματθιαν
23 They put forward two: Joseph called Barsabbas, who was also called Justus, and Matthias.
24 και προσευξαμενοι ειπον συ κυριε καρδιογνωστα παντων αναδειξον ον εξελεξω εκ τουτων των δυο ενα
24 They prayed and said, “You, Lord, who know the hearts of all men, show which one of these two you have chosen
25 λαβειν τον κληρον τησ διακονιασ ταυτησ και αποστολησ εξ ησ παρεβη ιουδασ πορευθηναι εισ τον τοπον τον ιδιον
25 to take part in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas fell away, that he might go to his own place.”
26 και εδωκαν κληρουσ αυτων και επεσεν ο κληροσ επι ματθιαν και συγκατεψηφισθη μετα των ενδεκα αποστολων
26 They drew lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias; and he was counted with the eleven apostles.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Joseph Barsabbas
One of the two men proposed to replace Judas; he was also called Justus.
Cited in the guide: Acts 1:23
Matthias
Chosen by lot to take the place of Judas among the twelve apostles.
Cited in the guide: Acts 1:23; Acts 1:26
Theophilus
The person to whom Luke wrote his orderly account so that he would know the certainty of what he had been taught.
Cited in the guide: Luke 1:3; Acts 1:1
Places
Jerusalem
Set high in the Judean hills (~2,500 ft), Jerusalem was David's royal city, the site of the First and Second Temples, and the stage for Jesus' passion and the church's birth at Pentecost.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 5:6-9; Luke 19:41; Acts 1:8
Mount of Olives
Rising ~2,700 ft just east of the Old City, the Mount of Olives is where Jesus gave the Olivet Discourse, prayed in Gethsemane on its slope, and ascended near Bethany.
Cited in the guide: Zechariah 14:4; Luke 22:39; Acts 1:12
Cross references (26)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Luke 1:3; Luke 24:19; Matthew 4:23–24; Luke 3:23; Matthew 11:5
- 2 Acts 1:9; Acts 10:38; John 20:21; Hebrews 9:24; Isaiah 59:20–21
- 3 1 Corinthians 15:5–7; Acts 13:31; John 20:26; 1 John 1:1; John 21:14
- 4 Luke 24:49; John 14:16; John 15:26; John 14:26–28; John 7:39
- 5 Matthew 3:11; Acts 11:15–16; Luke 3:16; 1 Corinthians 12:13; Titus 3:5
- 6 Luke 19:11; Daniel 7:27; Luke 17:20; Matthew 24:3; Ezekiel 37:24–27
- 7 Matthew 24:36; 1 Thessalonians 5:1–2; Mark 13:32; Deuteronomy 29:29; Mark 10:40
- 8 Matthew 28:19; Mark 16:15; Romans 15:19; Acts 4:33; Acts 5:32
- 9 Daniel 7:13; Luke 24:50–51; Mark 16:19; Ephesians 4:8–12; John 6:62
- 10 Luke 24:4; John 20:12; Mark 16:5; Revelation 7:14; Daniel 7:9
- 11 Revelation 1:7; 1 Thessalonians 4:16; Mark 13:26; John 14:3; Matthew 24:30
- 12 Luke 24:52; Matthew 21:1; Luke 24:50; Luke 21:37; Zechariah 14:4
- 13 Acts 20:8; Luke 22:12; Mark 14:15; Matthew 10:2–4; Mark 2:14
- 14 Acts 6:4; Ephesians 6:18; Acts 2:42; Colossians 4:2; Romans 12:12
- 15 1 Corinthians 15:6; Acts 21:20; Revelation 3:4; Psalm 32:5–6; Revelation 11:13
- 16 Psalm 41:9; John 13:18; Psalm 55:12–15; Acts 1:20; John 12:38–40
- 17 Acts 1:25; Acts 20:24; John 6:70–71; John 17:12; Mark 3:19
- 18 Matthew 27:3–10; Psalm 55:23; Matthew 26:14–15; Psalm 55:15; Joshua 7:21–26
- 19 Matthew 28:15; Acts 2:22; 2 Samuel 2:16; Acts 21:40
- 20 Psalm 69:25; Psalm 109:8–15; Acts 1:25; Luke 24:44
- 21 John 15:27; Luke 10:1–2; Numbers 27:17; Deuteronomy 31:2; 2 Samuel 5:2
- 22 Acts 1:2; Acts 4:33; Acts 1:8–9; Mark 1:1–8; John 15:27
- 23 Acts 15:22; Acts 1:26
- 24 1 Samuel 16:7; Acts 15:8; Hebrews 4:13; Jeremiah 17:10; Revelation 2:23
- 25 1 Corinthians 9:2; Romans 1:5; John 17:12; John 6:70–71; Acts 1:16–21
- 26 Leviticus 16:8; Joshua 18:10; Jonah 1:7; 1 Samuel 14:41–42; 1 Chronicles 24:5
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Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 11 (1889)
… Judas to be, after being separated from her Enthymesis, was restored or recalled [to her former position]; but Judas was deprived [of his office], and cast out, while Matthias was ordained in his place, according to what is written, "And his bishopric let another take." They ought therefore to maintain that the twelfth Æon was cast out of the Pleroma, …
… the Father hath put in His own power; but ye shall receive the power of the Holy Ghost coming upon you, and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and even unto the ends of the earth." First of all, the Church spread herself abroad from Jerusalem; and when very many in …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
"For a cloud and darkness are round about Him;" and, "He sitteth on a light cloud;" and again, "Who maketh clouds His chariot;" and, "A cloud received Him out of their sight;" and, "As the Son of Man coming in the clouds." In order then that they might believe that the voice proceeds from God, it comes from thence.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
For it is not for you, He says, to know times or seasons, which the Father hath put in His own power.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)