HANDELINGE 1

1 Beste Teofilus In my eerste boek het ek jou vertel van alles wat Jesus begin doen en leer het

2 tot op die dag toe Hy opgeneem is.
Voor sy hemelvaart het Hy deur die Heilige Gees aan die mans wat Hy as apostels uitgekies het, opdragte gegee.

3 In die loop van 40 dae na sy lydenstyd het Hy by verskeie geleenthede aan die apostels verskyn, en op baie maniere aan hulle bewys dat Hy regtig lewe. Hy het telkens met hulle oor die koningsheerskappy van God gepraat.
4 'n Keer toe hulle so saam was, het Hy aan hulle dié opdrag gegee: "Moenie Jerusalem verlaat voordat julle van die Vader ontvang het wat Hy belowe het nie. Julle onthou mos dat Ek julle vroeër daarvan vertel het:

5 Johannes het met water gedoop, maar júlle sal binne 'n paar dae met die Heilige Gees gedoop word."

6 Toe hulle 'n keer weer bymekaar was, het die apostels Jesus aanhou vra: "Here, is dit nou die tyd dat U Israel weer 'n onafhanklike volk met 'n eie koning gaan maak?"
7 "Die Vader bepaal hierdie datums," het Hy geantwoord, "en die bedoeling is nie dat julle dit moet ken nie.

8 Maar wanneer die Heilige Gees oor julle kom, sal julle krag ontvang en oral mense eerstehands van My vertel - in Jerusalem, oor die hele Judea, in Samaria, en tot in die uithoeke van die aarde."

Jesus word in die hemel opgeneem

9 Hy het dit gesê, en is toe in die hemelruim opgeneem terwyl hulle toekyk. Hy het in 'n wolk verdwyn.10 Toe Hy wegraak en hulle nog stip die hemelruim inkyk, het daar skielik twee mans in wit klere by hulle gestaan.

11 Die twee mans sê toe: "Galilese manne, waarom staan julle na die hemel en kyk? Jesus is van julle af weggeneem die hemel in. Hy sal egter nét so terugkom soos julle Hom die hemel sien ingaan het!"

Mattias word as Judas se opvolger verkies

12 Na hierdie gebeure het die apostels van die Olyfberg af na Jerusalem toe teruggestap, 'n afstand van net onder 'n kilometer.

13 Hulle is toe na die bovertrek toe waar hulle tuisgegaan het. Die volgende persone was daar: Petrus, Johannes, Jakobus, Andreas, Filippus, Tomas, Bartolomeus, Matteus, Jakobus (seun van Alfeus), Simon die Yweraar, en Judas (seun van Jakobus).

14 Hulle het almal saam aanhou bid. Maria, Jesus se ma, ander vroue en Jesus se broers was ook by.

15 In daardie tyd was daar 'n byeenkoms van sowat 120 gelowiges. Petrus het tussen hulle opgestaan en gesê:
16 "Medegelowiges, dit was nodig dat die Skrif oor Judas vervul moes word - dié man wat die tempelpolisie wat Jesus wou arresteer, na Hom toe gelei het. Die Heilige Gees het dit al lankal voorspel toe Hy deur Dawid daaroor gepraat het.

17 Judas was inderdaad een van ons, en hy is ook saam met ons gekies vir hierdie bediening."
18 (Met die omkoopgeld wat Judas vir sy verraad gekry het, het hy 'n stuk grond gekoop. Daar het hy vooroor geval en sy middellyf het oopgebars. Al sy ingewande het uitgepeul.

19 Die nuus oor sy dood het vinnig onder die inwoners van Jerusalem versprei. Hulle het daardie plek toe Akeldama genoem, 'n Aramese woord wat "Bloedgrond" beteken.)
20 Petrus het voortgegaan: "Dis presies soos dit in die Psalmboek geskryf staan:
'Laat sy woonplek verlate word;
laat niemand daar bly nie.'
"En op 'n ander plek:
'Laat iemand anders
sy toesigverantwoordelikheid
oorneem.'
21 "Daarom moet ons nou iemand anders kies. Dit moet een van die mans wees wat die hele tyd toe die Here Jesus by ons was, ook saam met ons was -

22 van die tyd toe Jesus heel aan die begin deur Johannes gedoop is, tot op die dag toe Hy van ons in die hemel opgeneem is. Die een wat gekies word, sal saam met ons 'n getuie wees van Jesus se opstanding."
23 Hulle stel toe twee voor: Josef, wat ook Barsabbas of Justus genoem word, en Mattias.24 Hulle bid toe saam dat die regte een verkies word. "Here," het hulle gebid, "U ken elke hart. Wys ons watter een U gekies het25 om as apostel te dien in die plek van Judas wat ons in die steek gelaat het en na die plek toe is waar hy hoort."

26 Hulle het toe geloot, en die loting het vir Mattias aangewys. So is hy gekies as die twaalfde apostel.

ACTS 1

1  t Theophilus, I first wrote to yout about all that Jesus did and taught from the very first

2 until he was taken up to heaven. But before he was taken up, he gave orders to the apostles he had chosen with the help of the Holy Spirit.
3 For 40 days after Jesus had suffered and died, he proved in many ways that he had been raised from death. He appeared to his apostles and spoke to them about God's kingdom.

4 t While he was still with them, he said:
Don't leave Jerusalem yet. Wait here for the Father to give you the Holy Spirit, just as I told you he has promised to do.

5 t John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.

Jesus Is Taken to Heaven

6 While the apostles were still with Jesus, they asked him, “Lord, are you now going to give Israel its own king again?”t
7 Jesus said to them, “You don't need to know the time of those events that only the Father controls. 8 t But the Holy Spirit will come upon you and give you power. Then you will tell everyone about me in Jerusalem, in all Judea, in Samaria, and everywhere in the world.” 9 t After Jesus had said this and while they were watching, he was taken up into a cloud. They could not see him,

10 but as he went up, they kept looking up into the sky.
Suddenly two men dressed in white clothes were standing there beside them.

11 They said, “Why are you men from Galilee standing here and looking up into the sky? Jesus has been taken to heaven. But he will come back in the same way you have seen him go.”

Someone To Take the Place //of Judas

12-13  t The Mount of Olives was about a kilometer from Jerusalem. The apostles who had gone there were Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon, known as the Eager One, t and Judas the son of James.
After the apostles returned to the city, they went upstairs to the room where they had been staying.
14 The apostles often met together and prayed with a single purpose in mind.t The women and Mary the mother of Jesus would meet with them, and so would his brothers. 15 One day there were about 120 of the Lord's followers meeting together, and Peter stood up to speak to them.

16-17 He said:
My friends, long ago by the power of the Holy Spirit, David said something about Judas, and what he said has now happened. Judas was one of us and had worked with us, but he brought the mob to arrest Jesus. 18 t Then Judas bought some land with the money he was given for doing that evil thing. He fell headfirst into the field. His body burst open, and all his insides came out.

19 When the people of Jerusalem found out about this, they called the place Akeldama, which in the local language means “Field of Blood.”

20  t In the book of Psalms it says,
“Leave his house empty,
and don't let anyone
live there.”
It also says,
“Let someone else
have his job.”

21-22  t So we need someone else to help us tell others that Jesus has been raised from death. He must also be one of the men who was with us from the very beginning. He must have been with us from the time the Lord Jesus was baptized by John until the day he was taken to heaven.
23 Two men were suggested: One of them was Joseph Barsabbas, known as Justus, and the other was Matthias. 24 Then they all prayed, “Lord, you know what everyone is like! Show us the one you have chosen 25 to be an apostle and to serve in place of Judas, who got what he deserved.” 26 They drew names, and Matthias was chosen to join the group of the eleven apostles.