1 Primum quidem sermonem feci de omnibus, o Theophile, quæ cœpit Jesus facere et docere 2 usque in diem qua præcipiens Apostolis per Spiritum Sanctum, quos elegit, assumptus est: 3 quibus et præbuit seipsum vivum post passionem suam in multis argumentis, per dies quadraginta apparens eis, et loquens de regno Dei. 4 Et convescens, præcepit eis ab Jerosolymis ne discederent, sed exspectarent promissionem Patris, quam audistis (inquit) per os meum: 5 quia Joannes quidem baptizavit aqua, vos autem baptizabimini Spiritu Sancto non post multos hos dies. 6 Igitur qui convenerant, interrogabant eum, dicentes: Domine, si in tempore hoc restitues regnum Israël? 7 Dixit autem eis: Non est vestrum nosse tempora vel momenta quæ Pater posuit in sua potestate: 8 sed accipietis virtutem supervenientis Spiritus Sancti in vos, et eritis mihi testes in Jerusalem, et in omni Judæa, et Samaria, et usque ad ultimum terræ. 9 Et cum hæc dixisset, videntibus illis, elevatus est: et nubes suscepit eum ab oculis eorum. 10 Cumque intuerentur in cælum euntem illum, ecce duo viri astiterunt juxta illos in vestibus albis, 11 qui et dixerunt: Viri Galilæi, quid statis aspicientes in cælum? Hic Jesus, qui assumptus est a vobis in cælum, sic veniet quemadmodum vidistis eum euntem in cælum. 12 Tunc reversi sunt Jerosolymam a monte qui vocatur Oliveti, qui est juxta Jerusalem, sabbati habens iter. 13 Et cum introissent in cœnaculum, ascenderunt ubi manebant Petrus, et Joannes, Jacobus, et Andreas, Philippus, et Thomas, Bartholomæus, et Matthæus, Jacobus Alphæi, et Simon Zelotes, et Judas Jacobi. 14 Hi omnes erant perseverantes unanimiter in oratione cum mulieribus, et Maria matre Jesu, et fratribus ejus. 15 In diebus illis, exsurgens Petrus in medio fratrum, dixit (erat autem turba hominum simul, fere centum viginti): 16 Viri fratres, oportet impleri Scripturam quam prædixit Spiritus Sanctus per os David de Juda, qui fuit dux eorum qui comprehenderunt Jesum: 17 qui connumeratus erat in nobis, et sortitus est sortem ministerii hujus. 18 Et hic quidem possedit agrum de mercede iniquitatis, et suspensus crepuit medius: et diffusa sunt omnia viscera ejus. 19 Et notum factum est omnibus habitantibus Jerusalem, ita ut appellaretur ager ille, lingua eorum, Haceldama, hoc est, ager sanguinis. 20 Scriptum est enim in libro Psalmorum: Fiat commoratio eorum deserta, et non sit qui inhabitet in ea: et episcopatum ejus accipiat alter. 21 Oportet ergo ex his viris qui nobiscum sunt congregati in omni tempore quo intravit et exivit inter nos Dominus Jesus, 22 incipiens a baptismate Joannis usque in diem qua assumptus est a nobis, testem resurrectionis ejus nobiscum fieri unum ex istis. 23 Et statuerunt duos, Joseph, qui vocabatur Barsabas, qui cognominatus est Justus, et Mathiam. 24 Et orantes dixerunt: Tu Domine, qui corda nosti omnium, ostende quem elegeris ex his duobus unum, 25 accipere locum ministerii hujus et apostolatus, de quo prævaricatus est Judas ut abiret in locum suum. 26 Et dederunt sortes eis, et cecidit sors super Mathiam: et annumeratus est cum undecim Apostolis.
Acts 1 Clementine Vulgate
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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)
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- 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)