³³ And they got up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem, and ^(A)found the eleven gathered together and ^(B)those who were with them,

Other Appearances

³⁶ Now while they were telling these things, ^(A)Jesus Himself suddenly stood in their midst and *said to them, “Peace be to you.” ³⁷ But they were startled and frightened, and thought that they were looking at ^(B)a spirit. ³⁸ And He said to them, “Why are you frightened, and why are doubts arising in your ^[a]hearts? ^39 (C)See My hands and My feet, that ^[b]it is I Myself; ^(D)touch Me and see, because a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you plainly see that I have.” ⁴⁰ And when He had said this, He showed them His hands and His feet. ⁴¹ While they still ^[c](E)could not believe it because of their joy and astonishment, He said to them, “^(F)Have you anything here to eat?” ⁴² They served Him a piece of broiled fish; ⁴³ and He took it and ^(G)ate it in front of them.

⁴⁴ Now He said to them, “^(H)These are My words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all the things that are written about Me in the ^(I)Law of Moses and the Prophets and ^(J)the Psalms must be fulfilled.” ⁴⁵ Then He ^(K)opened their ^[d]minds to understand the Scriptures, ⁴⁶ and He said to them, “^(L)So it is written, that the ^[e]Christ would suffer and ^(M)rise from the dead on the third day, ⁴⁷ and that ^(N)repentance ^[f]for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed ^[g]in His name to ^(O)all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem. ⁴⁸ You are ^(P)witnesses of these things. ⁴⁹ And behold, ^(Q)I am sending the promise of My Father upon you; but ^(R)you are to stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.”

The Ascension

⁵⁰ And He led them out as far as ^(S)Bethany, and He lifted up His hands and blessed them. ⁵¹ While He was blessing them, He parted from them and was carried up into heaven. ⁵² And they, after worshiping Him, returned to Jerusalem with great joy, ⁵³ and were continually in the temple ^[h]praising God.

³ To ^[a]these ^(A)He also presented Himself alive after His suffering, by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking of ^(B)things regarding the kingdom of God. ^4 [b]Gathering them together, He commanded them ^(C)not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for ^[c](D)what the Father had promised, “Which,” He said, “you heard of from Me; ⁵ for ^(E)John baptized ^[d]with water, but you will be baptized ^[e]with the Holy Spirit ^[f](F)not many days from now.”

⁶ So, when they had come together, they began asking Him, saying, “Lord, ^(G)is it at this time that You are restoring the kingdom to Israel?” ⁷ But He said to them, “It is not for you to know periods of time or appointed times which ^(H)the Father has set by His own authority; ⁸ but you will receive power ^(I)when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be ^(J)My witnesses both in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and ^(K)Samaria, and as far as ^(L)the remotest part of the earth.”

The Ascension

⁹ And after He had said these things, ^(M)He was lifted up while they were watching, and a cloud took Him up, out of their sight. ¹⁰ And as they were gazing intently into the sky while He was going, then behold, ^(N)two men in white clothing stood beside them, ¹¹ and they said, “^(O)Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who ^(P)has been taken up from you into heaven, will ^(Q)come in the same way as you have watched Him go into heaven.”

The Upper Room

¹² Then they ^(R)returned to Jerusalem from the ^[g](S)mountain called ^[h]Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a ^[i]Sabbath day’s journey away. ¹³ When they had entered the city, they went up to ^(T)the upstairs room where they were staying, that is, ^(U)Peter, John, ^[j]James, and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, ^[k]James the son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and ^(V)Judas the ^[l]son of ^[m]James. ¹⁴ All these ^(W)were continually devoting themselves with one ^[n]mind to prayer, along with ^(X)the women, and Mary the ^(Y)mother of Jesus, and with His ^(Z)brothers.

^15 [o]At this time Peter stood up among ^(AA)the brothers and sisters (a group of about 120 ^[p]people was there together), and said, ¹⁶ “^[q]Brothers, ^(AB)the Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit foretold by the mouth of David concerning Judas, ^(AC)who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus. ¹⁷ For he was ^(AD)counted among us and received his share in ^(AE)this ministry.” ¹⁸ (Now this man ^(AF)acquired a field with ^(AG)the 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 the residents of Jerusalem; as a result that field was called Hakeldama in ^(AH)their own language, that is, Field of Blood.) ²⁰ “For it is written in the book of Psalms:

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²¹ Therefore it is necessary that of the men who have accompanied us all the time that ^(AK)the Lord Jesus went in and out ^[s]among us— ^22 (AL)beginning ^[t]with the baptism of John until the day that He ^(AM)was taken up from us—one of these must become a ^(AN)witness with us of His resurrection.” ²³ So they put forward two men, Joseph called Barsabbas (who was also called Justus), and ^(AO)Matthias. ²⁴ And they ^(AP)prayed and said, “You, Lord, who ^(AQ)know the hearts of all people, show which one of these two You have chosen ²⁵ to ^[u]occupy ^(AR)this ministry and ^(AS)apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place.” ²⁶ And they ^[v](AT)drew lots for them, and the lot fell ^[w]to ^(AU)Matthias; and he was added to ^(AV)the eleven apostles.