HANDELINGE 1

Inleiding. Hemelvaart van Jesus.

(Mt. 28:19, 20; Mk. 15:15 vv.; Lk. 24:51 vv.)

1 DIE eerste verhaal, tTheófilus, het ek opgestel oor alles wat Jesus begin doen en leer het

2 tot op die dag dat tHy opgeneem is, nadat Hy aan die apostels wat Hy uitverkies het, deur die Heilige Gees tbevele gegee het;

3  taan wie Hy ook, ná sy lyde, Hom lewend vertoon het deur baie kentekens, terwyl Hy gedurende veertig dae aan hulle verskyn het en oor die dinge van die koninkryk van God gespreek het.

4 En toe Hy nog met hulle saam was, het Hy hulle bevel gegee tom nie van Jerusalem weg te gaan nie, maar om te wag op tdie belofte van die Vader, wat julle, het Hy gesê, van My gehoor het.

5 Want tJohannes het wel met water gedoop, maar julle sal tmet die Heilige Gees gedoop word nie lank ná hierdie dae nie.

6 Die wat bymekaargekom het, vra Hom toe en sê: Here, gaan U in hierdie tyd tdie koninkryk vir Israel weer oprig?

7 En Hy antwoord hulle: tDit kom julle nie toe om die tye of geleenthede te weet wat die Vader deur sy eie mag bepaal het nie;

8 maar julle sal krag ontvang wanneer die Heilige Gees oor julle kom, en julle sal tmy getuies wees in Jerusalem sowel as in die hele Judéa en tSamaría en tot aan die uiterste van die aarde.

9 En nadat Hy dit gesê het, tis Hy opgeneem terwyl hulle dit sien; en ’n wolk het Hom voor hulle oë weggeneem.

10 En toe hulle nog stip na die hemel kyk terwyl Hy weggaan, tstaan daar twee manne in twit klere by hulle,

11 wat sê: Galilése manne, waarom staan julle en kyk na die hemel? Hierdie Jesus wat van julle opgeneem is in die hemel, tsal net so kom soos julle Hom na die hemel sien wegvaar het.

12 Daarop tdraai hulle om na Jerusalem van die berg af wat genoem word Olyfberg, wat naby Jerusalem is, t’n sabbatsreis ver.

13 En toe hulle daar kom, gaan hulle na tdie bovertrek waar hulle gewoond was om te vertoef, naamlik: tPetrus en Jakobus en Johannes en Andréas, Filippus en Thomas, Bartholoméüs en Matthéüs, Jakobus, die seun van Alféüs, en Simon, die Yweraar, en Judas, die seun van Jakobus.

14 Hulle almal het teendragtig tvolhard in gebed en smeking, saam met ’n taantal vroue en Maria, die moeder van Jesus, en met tsy broers.

Matthías as apostel gekies in die plek van Judas.

15 EN in dié dae het Petrus in die midde van die dissipels opgestaan — die skare van persone daar bymekaar was omtrent honderd-en-twintig — en gesê:

16 Broeders, hierdie Skrif moes vervul word wat die Heilige Gees voorspel het tdeur die mond van Dawid aangaande Judas twat die leier was van die wat Jesus gevange geneem het;

17 want thy is saam met ons getal gereken en het die lot van thierdie bediening verkry.

18  tHy het dan ’n stuk grond gekoop met tdie loon van ongeregtigheid en het vooroor geval en oopgebars, en al sy ingewande het uitgestort;

19 en dit het bekend geword aan al die inwoners van Jerusalem, sodat daardie stuk grond in hulle eie taal Akeldáma genoem is, tdit is Bloedgrond.

20 Want daar staan geskrywe in die boek van die Psalms: tLaat sy woonplek woes word, en laat daar geen inwoner in wees nie! En: tLaat ’n ander een sy opsienersamp neem.

21 Van die manne dan wat saam met ons rondgegaan het al die tyd waarin die Here Jesus by ons in- en uitgegaan het,

22 van die doop van Johannes af tot op die dag dat Hy van ons topgeneem is — van hulle moet daar een tsaam met ons getuie word van sy opstanding.

23 En hulle het twee voorgestel: Josef wat genoem is Bársabas, met die bynaam van Justus, en Matthías.

24 En hulle thet gebid en gesê: U, Here, wat die harte van almal ken, wys uit hierdie twee die een aan wat U uitverkies het

25 om die lot van hierdie bediening en tapostelskap te verkry, waarvan Judas afgewyk het om heen te gaan tna sy eie plek.
26 Toe werp hulle die lot, en die lot het op Matthías geval; en hy is gekies om saam met die elf apostels te wees.

Acts 1

1 The first book I wrote, Theophilus, concerned all that Jesus began both to do and to teach,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 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 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 For John indeed baptized in water, but you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”

6 Therefore when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, are you now restoring the kingdom to Israel?”
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 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 When he had said these things, as they were looking, he was taken up, and a cloud received him out of their sight.10 While they were looking steadfastly into the sky as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white clothing,

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 Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mountain called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey away.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 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 In these days, Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples (and the number of names was about one hundred twenty), and said,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 For he was numbered with us, and received his portion in this ministry.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 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 For it is written in the book of Psalms,

‘Let his habitation be made desolate.
Let no one dwell therein;’t
and,

‘Let another take his office.’t
21 “Of the men therefore who have accompanied us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,

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 They put forward two, Joseph called Barsabbas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.24 They prayed, and said, “You, Lord, who know the hearts of all men, show which one of these two you have chosen25 to take part in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas fell away, that he might go to his own place.”

26 They drew lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.