Acts 1 (NET)

Acts 1:1¹I wrote the former account, Theophilus, about all that Jesus began to do and teachCopy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 1:3Luke 24:19Matt 4:23-24Luke 3:231 Pet 2:21-23John 10:32-38John 18:19-21Luke 7:21-23Matt 11:5Acts 2:22

Acts 1:2²until the day he was taken up to heaven, after he had given orders by the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 1:9Acts 10:38Heb 9:24Isa 59:20-21John 20:21John 13:18Eph 4:8-10Matt 28:19-20Isa 48:16John 13:3

Acts 1:3³To the same apostles also, after his suffering, he presented himself alive with many convincing proofs. He was seen by them over a forty-day period and spoke about matters concerning the kingdom of God.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 15:5-7Acts 13:31John 20:261 John 1:1John 21:1John 21:14Matt 28:9Acts 28:31Luke 17:20-21Matt 21:43

Acts 1:4⁴While he was with them, he declared, “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait there for what my Father promised, which you heard about from me.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 24:49John 14:16John 15:26John 14:26-28Acts 2:33John 7:39Luke 12:12John 16:7-15John 20:22Luke 11:13

Acts 1:5⁵For John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 3:11Acts 11:15-161 Cor 12:13Luke 3:16Titus 3:5Acts 2:1-4Mark 1:8Acts 10:45Acts 2:16-21Acts 19:4

Acts 1:6⁶So when they had gathered together, they began to ask him, “Lord, is this the time when you are restoring the kingdom to Israel?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 19:11Luke 17:20Dan 7:27Matt 24:3Ezek 37:24-27Isa 9:6-7Jer 23:5-6Jer 33:15-17Luke 22:29Gen 49:10

Acts 1:7⁷He told them, “You are not permitted to know the times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 24:361 Thess 5:1-2Mark 13:32Deut 29:29Mark 10:40Dan 2:21Eph 1:10Luke 21:241 Tim 6:152 Tim 3:1

Acts 1:8⁸But 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 parts of the earth.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 28:19Mark 16:15Rom 15:19Acts 4:33Acts 5:32Acts 6:8Luke 24:46-49Acts 10:38-41Acts 2:1-4Rom 10:18

Acts 1:9⁹After he had said this, while they were watching, he was lifted up and a cloud hid him from their sight.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Dan 7:13Luke 24:50-51Mark 16:19Acts 1:2Eph 4:8-12Exod 19:9John 6:62Luke 21:27Rev 11:12Isa 19:1

Acts 1:10¹⁰As they were still staring into the sky while he was going, suddenly two men in white clothing stood near themCopy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 24:4John 20:12Mark 16:5Rev 7:14Acts 10:30Dan 7:9Matt 17:2Matt 28:32 Kgs 2:11-12Acts 10:3

Acts 1:11¹¹and said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand here looking up into the sky? This same Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven will come back in the same way you saw him go into heaven.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rev 1:71 Thess 4:16Mark 13:26John 14:3Matt 24:30Matt 16:27Matt 25:31Dan 7:13-141 Thess 1:10Luke 21:27

Acts 1:12¹²Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mountain called the Mount of Olives (which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey away).Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 24:52Matt 21:1Luke 24:50Luke 21:37Matt 24:3Matt 26:30Zech 14:4John 11:18

Acts 1:13¹³When they had entered Jerusalem, they went to the upstairs room where they were staying. Peter 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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 20:8Luke 22:12Mark 14:15Mark 2:14Mark 3:16-19Matt 10:2-4Acts 10:9-33Acts 12:17Acts 2:38Jas 1:1

Acts 1:14¹⁴All these continued together in prayer with one mind, together with the women, along with Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 6:4Eph 6:18Acts 2:42Col 4:2Rom 12:12Luke 18:1Matt 18:19-20Matt 21:22Acts 2:1Luke 11:13

Acts 1:15¹⁵In those days Peter stood up among the believers (a gathering of about 120 people) and said,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 15:6Acts 21:20Ps 32:5-6Rev 3:4John 21:23Luke 22:32Rev 11:13John 14:12John 21:15-17Matt 13:31

Acts 1:16¹⁶“Brothers, the scripture had to be fulfilled that the Holy Spirit foretold through David concerning Judas—who became the guide for those who arrested Jesus—Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 41:9John 13:18Ps 55:12-15Acts 1:20John 12:38-40Matt 26:56Matt 26:54John 18:2-8Matt 26:471 Pet 1:11

Acts 1:17¹⁷for he was counted as one of us and received a share in this ministry.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 1:25Acts 20:24John 17:12John 6:70-71Mark 3:19Acts 21:19Eph 4:11-12Luke 22:47Luke 6:16Matt 10:4

Acts 1:18¹⁸(Now this man Judas acquired a field with the reward of his unjust deed, and falling headfirst he burst open in the middle and all his intestines gushed out.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 27:3-10Matt 26:14-15Ps 55:232 Kgs 5:20-272 Pet 2:15-16Job 20:12-15Josh 7:21-26Num 22:7Ps 55:15Matt 25:15

Acts 1:19¹⁹This became known to all who lived in Jerusalem, so that in their own language they called that field Hakeldama, that is, “Field of Blood.”)Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 2:16Acts 2:22Acts 21:40Matt 28:15

Acts 1:20²⁰“For it is written in the book of Psalms, ‘Let his house become deserted, and let there be no one to live in it,’ and ‘Let another take his position of responsibility.’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 69:25Ps 109:8-15Acts 1:25Luke 24:44

Acts 1:21²¹Thus one of the men who have accompanied us during all the time the Lord Jesus associated with us,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 15:27Luke 10:1-22 Sam 5:2Deut 31:2John 10:1-9Num 27:171 Kgs 3:7

Acts 1:22²²beginning from his baptism by John until the day he was taken up from us—one of these must become a witness of his resurrection together with us.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 1:2Acts 1:8-9Acts 4:33Mark 1:1-8Acts 13:24-25Heb 2:3John 1:28-51John 15:27Luke 3:1-18Matt 3:1-17

Acts 1:23²³So they proposed two candidates: Joseph called Barsabbas (also called Justus) and Matthias.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 15:22Acts 1:26

Acts 1:24²⁴Then they prayed, “Lord, you know the hearts of all. Show us which one of these two you have chosenCopy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 16:7Acts 15:8Heb 4:13Jer 17:10Acts 14:23Rev 2:23Acts 6:6Rom 8:27Num 27:16Ps 44:21

Acts 1:25²⁵to assume the task of this service and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 9:2Rom 1:5John 17:12John 6:70-71Acts 1:16-21Gal 2:81 Chr 10:13-14Jude 1:6-72 Pet 2:3-6John 13:27

Acts 1:26²⁶Then they cast lots for them, and the one chosen was Matthias; so he was counted with the eleven apostles.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Lev 16:8Josh 18:101 Sam 14:41-42Jonah 1:71 Chr 24:5