Apostlenes gjerninger 1

Løftet om Den hellige ånd

1  t t I min første bok, gode Teofilos, skrev jeg om alt det Jesus gjorde og lærte, fra han begynte 2 og helt til den dagen han ble tatt opp til himmelen. Da hadde han ved Den hellige ånd gitt sine befalinger til de apostler han hadde utvalgt. 3 t Etter å ha lidd døden sto han levende fram for dem med mange klare bevis på at han levde: I førti dager viste han seg for dem og talte om det som hører Guds rike til. 4 tt En gang han spiste sammen med dem, påla han dem dette: «Dere skal ikke forlate Jerusalem, men vente på det som Far har lovet, det som dere har hørt av meg.

5 tt For Johannes døpte med vann, men dere skal om noen få dager bli døpt med Den hellige ånd.»

Jesus blir tatt opp til himmelen

8 t Men dere skal få kraft når Den hellige ånd kommer over dere, og dere skal være mine vitner i Jerusalem og hele Judea, i Samaria og helt til jordens ende.»
9  t Da han hadde sagt dette, ble han løftet opp mens de så på, og en sky tok ham bort foran øynene deres. 10 t Som de nå stirret mot himmelen mens han dro bort, sto med ett to menn i hvite klær foran dem

11 tt og sa: «Galileere, hvorfor står dere og ser mot himmelen? Denne Jesus som ble tatt bort fra dere opp til himmelen, han skal komme igjen på samme måte som dere har sett ham fare opp til himmelen.»
12  t t Da vendte de tilbake til Jerusalem fra den høyden som heter Oljeberget og ligger nær Jerusalem, bare en sabbatsreise unna. 13 t Inne i byen gikk de opp på den salen hvor de pleide å holde til. Det var Peter og Johannes, Jakob og Andreas, Filip og Tomas, Bartolomeus og Matteus, Jakob, sønn av Alfeus, Simon seloten og Judas, sønn av Jakob.

14 t Alle disse holdt trofast sammen i bønn, sammen med noen kvinner og Maria, Jesu mor, og brødrene hans.

En ny apostel

22 t helt fra begynnelsen, da han ble døpt av Johannes, og til den dagen han ble tatt fra oss opp til himmelen. Nå må en av disse sammen med oss være vitne om at han er stått opp.»
23 Og de stilte fram to: Josef, som ble kalt Barsabbas med tilnavnet Justus, og Mattias. 24 t Så ba de: «Herre, du som kjenner alles hjerter, vis oss hvem av disse to du har utvalgt 25 til å ta plassen etter Judas og overta den aposteltjenesten som han forlot da han gikk til sitt eget sted.» 26 tt De kastet lodd mellom dem, og loddet falt på Mattias. Fra nå av ble han regnet som apostel sammen med de elleve.

Acts 1

Jesus Ascends to Heaven

1 I wrotet the formert account,ts Theophilus,t about all that Jesus began to do and teach2 until the day he was taken up to heaven,t after he had given orderst byt the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen.3 To the same apostlest also, after his suffering,s he presented himself alive with many convincing proofs. He was seen by them over a forty-day periodt and spoke about matters concerning the kingdom of God.4 While he was with them,t he declared,t “Do not leave Jerusalem,s but wait theret for what myt Father promised,t which you heard about from me.t

5 Fort John baptized with water, but yout will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”
6 So when they had gathered together, they began to ask him,t “Lord, is this the time when you are restoring the kingdom to Israel?”7 He told them, “You are not permitted to knowt the times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority.8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the farthest partst of the earth.”9 Aftert he had said this, while they were watching, he was lifted up and a cloud hid him from their sight.10 Ast they were still staring into the sky while he was going, suddenlyt two men in white clothing stood near them

11 and said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand heret looking up into the sky? This same Jesus who has been taken up from you into heavenst will come back in the same way you saw him go into heaven.”

A Replacement for Judas is Chosen

12 Then they returned to Jerusalems from the mountaint called the Mount of Olivess (which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journeys away).13 Whent they had entered Jerusalem,t they went to the upstairs room where they were staying. Peters and John, and James, and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James were there.t14 All these continued together in prayer with one mind, together with the women, along with Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.s15 In those dayst Peter stood up among the believerst (a gathering of about one hundred and twenty people) and said,16 “Brothers,t the scripture had to be fulfilled that the Holy Spirit foretold throught David concerning Judas – who became the guide for those who arrested Jesus –17 for he was counted as one of us and received a share in this ministry.”t18 (Now this man Judast acquired a field with the reward of his unjust deed,t and falling headfirstt he burst open in the middle and all his intestinest gushed out.19 Thist became known to all who lived in Jerusalem, so that in their own languages they called that fieldtHakeldama, that is, “Field of Blood.”)20 “For it is written in the book of Psalms, ‘Let his house become deserted,tand let there be no one to live in it,’s and ‘Let another take his position of responsibility.’ts21 Thus one of the ment who have accompanied us during all the time the Lord Jesus associated witht us,22 beginning from his baptism by John until the day het was taken up from us – one of these must become a witness of his resurrection together with us.”23 So theys proposed two candidates:t Joseph called Barsabbas (also called Justus) and Matthias.24 Then they prayed,t “Lord, you know the hearts of all. Show us which one of these two you have chosen25 to assume the taskt of this servicet and apostleship from which Judas turned asidet to go to his own place.”s

26 Thent they cast lots for them, and the one chosen was Matthias;t so he was counted with the eleven apostles.t