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1. Now Jehoshaphat <3092> slept <7901>(8799) with his fathers <1>, and was buried <6912>(8735) with his fathers <1> in the city <5892> of David <1732>. And Jehoram <3088> his son <1121> reigned <4427>(8799) in his stead.
2. And he had brethren <251> the sons <1121> of Jehoshaphat <3092>, Azariah <5838>, and Jehiel <3171>, and Zechariah <2148>, and Azariah <5838>, and Michael <4317>, and Shephatiah <8203>: all these were the sons <1121> of Jehoshaphat <3092> king <4428> of Israel <3478>.
3. And their father <1> gave <5414>(8799) them great <7227> gifts <4979> of silver <3701>, and of gold <2091>, and of precious things <4030>, with fenced <4694> cities <5892> in Judah <3063>: but the kingdom <4467> gave <5414>(8804) he to Jehoram <3088>; because he was the firstborn <1060>.
4. Now when Jehoram <3088> was risen up <6965>(8799) to the kingdom <4467> of his father <1>, he strengthened <2388>(8691) himself, and slew <2026>(8799) all his brethren <251> with the sword <2719>, and divers also of the princes <8269> of Israel <3478>.
5. Jehoram <3088> was thirty <7970> and two <8147> years <8141> old <1121> when he began to reign <4427>(8800), and he reigned <4427>(8804) eight <8083> years <8141> in Jerusalem <3389>.
6. And he walked <3212>(8799) in the way <1870> of the kings <4428> of Israel <3478>, like as did <6213>(8804) the house <1004> of Ahab <256>: for he had the daughter <1323> of Ahab <256> to wife <802>: and he wrought <6213>(8799) that which was evil <7451> in the eyes <5869> of the LORD <3068>.
7. Howbeit the LORD <3068> would <14>(8804) not destroy <7843>(8687) the house <1004> of David <1732>, because of the covenant <1285> that he had made <3772>(8804) with David <1732>, and as he promised <559>(8804) to give <5414>(8800) a light <5216> to him and to his sons <1121> for ever <3117>.
8. In his days <3117> the Edomites <123> revolted <6586>(8804) from under the dominion <3027> of Judah <3063>, and made <4427>(8686) themselves a king <4428>.
9. Then Jehoram <3088> went forth <5674>(8799) with his princes <8269>, and all his chariots <7393> with him: and he rose up <6965>(8804) by night <3915>, and smote <5221>(8686) the Edomites <123> which compassed him in <5437>(8802), and the captains <8269> of the chariots <7393>.
10. So the Edomites <123> revolted <6586>(8799) from under the hand <3027> of Judah <3063> unto this day <3117>. The same time <6256> also did Libnah <3841> revolt <6586>(8799) from under his hand <3027>; because he had forsaken <5800>(8804) the LORD <3068> God <430> of his fathers <1>.
11. Moreover he made <6213>(8804) high places <1116> in the mountains <2022> of Judah <3063>, and caused the inhabitants <3427>(8802) of Jerusalem <3389> to commit fornication <2181>(8686), and compelled <5080>(8686) Judah <3063> thereto.
12. And there came <935>(8799) a writing <4385> to him from Elijah <452> the prophet <5030>, saying <559>(8800), Thus saith <559>(8804) the LORD <3068> God <430> of David <1732> thy father <1>, Because thou hast not walked <1980>(8804) in the ways <1870> of Jehoshaphat <3092> thy father <1>, nor in the ways <1870> of Asa <609> king <4428> of Judah <3063>,
13. But hast walked <3212>(8799) in the way <1870> of the kings <4428> of Israel <3478>, and hast made Judah <3063> and the inhabitants <3427>(8802) of Jerusalem <3389> to go a whoring <2181>(8686), like to the whoredoms <2181>(8687) of the house <1004> of Ahab <256>, and also hast slain <2026>(8804) thy brethren <251> of thy father's <1> house <1004>, which were better <2896> than thyself:
14. Behold, with a great <1419> plague <4046> will the LORD <3068> smite <5062>(8802) thy people <5971>, and thy children <1121>, and thy wives <802>, and all thy goods <7399>:
15. And thou shalt have great <7227> sickness <2483> by disease <4245> of thy bowels <4578>, until thy bowels <4578> fall out <3318>(8799) by reason of the sickness <2483> day <3117> by day <3117>.
16. Moreover the LORD <3068> stirred up <5782>(8686) against Jehoram <3088> the spirit <7307> of the Philistines <6430>, and of the Arabians <6163>, that were near <5921> <3027> the Ethiopians <3569>:
17. And they came up <5927>(8799) into Judah <3063>, and brake <1234>(8799) into it, and carried away <7617>(8799) all the substance <7399> that was found <4672>(8737) in the king's <4428> house <1004>, and his sons <1121> also, and his wives <802>; so that there was never a son <1121> left <7604>(8738) him, save Jehoahaz <3059>, the youngest <6996> of his sons <1121>.
18. And after <310> all this the LORD <3068> smote <5062>(8804) him in his bowels <4578> with an incurable <369> <4832> disease <2483>.
19. And it came to pass, that in process of time <3117>, after <3318>(8800) <6256> the end <7093> of two <8147> years <3117>, his bowels <4578> fell out <3318>(8804) by reason <5973> of his sickness <2483>: so he died <4191>(8799) of sore <7451> diseases <8463>. And his people <5971> made <6213>(8804) no burning <8316> for him, like the burning <8316> of his fathers <1>.
20. Thirty <7970> and two <8147> years old <1121> was he when he began to reign <4427>(8800), and he reigned <4427>(8804) in Jerusalem <3389> eight <8083> years <8141>, and departed <3212>(8799) without being desired <2532>. Howbeit they buried <6912>(8799) him in the city <5892> of David <1732>, but not in the sepulchres <6913> of the kings <4428>.
1. And the inhabitants <3427>(8802) of Jerusalem <3389> made <4427> <0> Ahaziah <274> his youngest <6996> son <1121> king <4427>(8686) in his stead: for the band of men <1416> that came <935>(8802) with the Arabians <6163> to the camp <4264> had slain <2026>(8804) all the eldest <7223>. So Ahaziah <274> the son <1121> of Jehoram <3088> king <4428> of Judah <3063> reigned <4427>(8799).
2. Forty <705> and two <8147> years <8141> old <1121> was Ahaziah <274> when he began to reign <4427>(8800), and he reigned <4427>(8804) one <259> year <8141> in Jerusalem <3389>. His mother's <517> name <8034> also was Athaliah <6271> the daughter <1323> of Omri <6018>.
3. He also walked <1980>(8804) in the ways <1870> of the house <1004> of Ahab <256>: for his mother <517> was his counsellor <3289>(8802) to do wickedly <7561>(8687).
4. Wherefore he did <6213>(8799) evil <7451> in the sight <5869> of the LORD <3068> like the house <1004> of Ahab <256>: for they were his counsellors <3289>(8802) after <310> the death <4194> of his father <1> to his destruction <4889>.
5. He walked <1980>(8804) also after their counsel <6098>, and went <3212>(8799) with Jehoram <3088> the son <1121> of Ahab <256> king <4428> of Israel <3478> to war <4421> against Hazael <2371> king <4428> of Syria <758> at Ramothgilead <7433> <1568>: and the Syrians <7421> smote <5221>(8686) Joram <3141>.
6. And he returned <7725>(8799) to be healed <7495>(8692) in Jezreel <3157> because of the wounds <4347> which were given <5221>(8689) him at Ramah <7414>, when he fought <3898>(8736) with Hazael <2371> king <4428> of Syria <758>. And Azariah <5838> the son <1121> of Jehoram <3088> king <4428> of Judah <3063> went down <3381>(8804) to see <7200>(8800) Jehoram <3088> the son <1121> of Ahab <256> at Jezreel <3157>, because he was sick <2470>(8802).
7. And the destruction <8395> of Ahaziah <274> was of God <430> by coming <935>(8800) to Joram <3141>: for when he was come <935>(8800), he went out <3318>(8804) with Jehoram <3088> against Jehu <3058> the son <1121> of Nimshi <5250>, whom the LORD <3068> had anointed <4886>(8804) to cut off <3772>(8687) the house <1004> of Ahab <256>.
8. And it came to pass, that, when Jehu <3058> was executing judgment <8199>(8736) upon the house <1004> of Ahab <256>, and found <4672>(8799) the princes <8269> of Judah <3063>, and the sons <1121> of the brethren <251> of Ahaziah <274>, that ministered <8334>(8764) to Ahaziah <274>, he slew <2026>(8799) them.
9. And he sought <1245>(8762) Ahaziah <274>: and they caught <3920>(8799) him, (for he was hid <2244>(8693) in Samaria <8111>,) and brought <935>(8686) him to Jehu <3058>: and when they had slain <4191>(8686) him, they buried <6912>(8799) him: Because, said <559>(8804) they, he is the son <1121> of Jehoshaphat <3092>, who sought <1875>(8804) the LORD <3068> with all his heart <3824>. So the house <1004> of Ahaziah <274> had no power <3581> to keep <6113>(8800) still the kingdom <4467>.
10. But when Athaliah <6271> the mother <517> of Ahaziah <274> saw <7200>(8804) that her son <1121> was dead <4191>(8804), she arose <6965>(8799) and destroyed <1696>(8762) all the seed <2233> royal <4467> of the house <1004> of Judah <3063>.
11. But Jehoshabeath <3090>, the daughter <1323> of the king <4428>, took <3947>(8799) Joash <3101> the son <1121> of Ahaziah <274>, and stole <1589>(8799) him from among <8432> the king's <4428> sons <1121> that were slain <4191>(8716), and put <5414>(8799) him and his nurse <3243>(8688) in a bedchamber <2315> <4296>. So Jehoshabeath <3090>, the daughter <1323> of king <4428> Jehoram <3088>, the wife <802> of Jehoiada <3077> the priest <3548>, (for she was the sister <269> of Ahaziah <274>,) hid <5641>(8686) him from <6440> Athaliah <6271>, so that she slew <4191>(8689) him not.
12. And he was with them hid <2244>(8693) in the house <1004> of God <430> six <8337> years <8141>: and Athaliah <6271> reigned <4427>(8802) over the land <776>.
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TAKING YOUR STAND
Picture the scene. On a huge plain Nebuchadnezzar had set up a huge statue of Gold 27 meters high. It imposed above the landscape so that people from miles around could see it. Then the people were gathered into the plain and told that when they heard the music they were to fall down and worship the image. And so as the music began the mass of standing people on the plain would suddenly fall to below knee height leaving three men still standing in the midst of the crowd. They must have stood out like a pimple on a smooth face when the rest of the people were around their knees. It takes courage to stand apart in a situation like that.
It would have been a good compromise at that point to have fallen down with the rest of the people but knowing that they were not really worshipping the image. But God does not want compromises. He wants all of us. With God it is all or nothing. Paul says to avoid every appearance of evil, and that is exactly what these three men were doing. They gave their all to God and were prepared to give their lives for him.
So let us not compromise our stand with God, but rather take your stand for God and God alone.
Robert Prins [Auckland - Pakuranga - (NZ)] Comment added in 2002 Reply to Robert
Note the links between Dan 3 and Luke 21:14-18.
answered
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Dan 3:16
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Luke 21:14
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gainsay or resist
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Dan 3:28-29
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Luke 21:15
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not an hair of your head
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Dan 3:27
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Luke 21:18
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James Walker [Milnsbridge UK] Comment added in 2008 Reply to James
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1. Nebuchadnezzar <5020> the king <4430> made <5648>(8754) an image <6755> of gold <1722>, whose height <7314> was threescore <8361> cubits <521>, and the breadth <6613> thereof six <8353> cubits <521>: he set it up <6966>(8684) in the plain <1236> of Dura <1757>, in the province <4083> of Babylon <895>.
2. Then Nebuchadnezzar <5020> the king <4430> sent <7972>(8754) to gather together <3673>(8749) the princes <324>, the governors <5460>, and the captains <6347>, the judges <148>, the treasurers <1411>, the counsellors <1884>, the sheriffs <8614>, and all <3606> the rulers <7984> of the provinces <4083>, to come <858>(8749) to the dedication <2597> of the image <6755> which Nebuchadnezzar <5020> the king <4430> had set up <6966>(8684).
3. Then <116> the princes <324>, the governors <5460>, and captains <6347>, the judges <148>, the treasurers <1411>, the counsellors <1884>, the sheriffs <8614>, and all <3606> the rulers <7984> of the provinces <4083>, were gathered together <3673>(8723) unto the dedication <2597> of the image <6755> that Nebuchadnezzar <5020> the king <4430> had set up <6966>(8684); and they stood <6966>(8750) before <6903> the image <6755> that Nebuchadnezzar <5020> had set up <6966>(8684).
4. Then an herald <3744> cried <7123>(8751) aloud <2429>, To you it is commanded <560>(8750), O people <5972>, nations <524>, and languages <3961>,
5. That at what time <5732> ye hear <8086>(8748) the sound <7032> of the cornet <7162>, flute <4953>, harp <7030>(8675) <7030>, sackbut <5443>, psaltery <6460>, dulcimer <5481>, and all <3606> kinds <2178> of musick <2170>, ye fall down <5308>(8748) and worship <5457>(8748) the golden <1722> image <6755> that Nebuchadnezzar <5020> the king <4430> hath set up <6966>(8684):
6. And whoso <4479> falleth <5308> <0> not <3809> down <5308>(8748) and worshippeth <5457>(8748) shall the same hour <8160> be cast <7412>(8729) into the midst <1459> of a burning <3345>(8751) fiery <5135> furnace <861>.
7. Therefore <6903> <1836> at that time <2166>, when <1768> all <3606> the people <5972> heard <8086>(8750) the sound <7032> of the cornet <7162>, flute <4953>, harp <7030>(8675) <7030>, sackbut <5443>, psaltery <6460>, and all <3606> kinds <2178> of musick <2170>, all <3606> the people <5972>, the nations <524>, and the languages <3961>, fell down <5308>(8750) and worshipped <5457>(8750) the golden <1722> image <6755> that Nebuchadnezzar <5020> the king <4430> had set up <6966>(8684).
8. Wherefore <6903> <3606> at that <1836> time <2166> certain <1400> Chaldeans <3779> came near <7127>(8754), and accused <7170> <399>(8754) the Jews <3062>.
9. They spake <6032>(8754) and said <560>(8750) to the king <4430> Nebuchadnezzar <5020>, O king <4430>, live <2418>(8747) for ever <5957>.
10. Thou <607>, O king <4430>, hast made <7761>(8754) a decree <2942>, that every <3606> man <606> that shall hear <8086>(8748) the sound <7032> of the cornet <7162>, flute <4953>, harp <7030>(8675) <7030>, sackbut <5443>, psaltery <6460>, and dulcimer <5481>(8675) <5481>, and all <3606> kinds <2178> of musick <2170>, shall fall down <5308>(8748) and worship <5457>(8748) the golden <1722> image <6755>:
11. And whoso <4479> falleth <5308> <0> not <3809> down <5308>(8748) and worshippeth <5457>(8748), that he should be cast <7412>(8729) into the midst <1459> of a burning <3345>(8751) fiery <5135> furnace <861>.
12. There are <383> certain <1400> Jews <3062> whom <3487> thou hast set <4483>(8745) over <5922> the affairs <5673> of the province <4083> of Babylon <895>, Shadrach <7715>, Meshach <4336>, and Abednego <5665>; these <479> men <1400>, O king <4430>, have <7761>(8754) not <3809> regarded <2942> thee <5922>: they serve <6399>(8750) not <3809> thy gods <426>, nor <3809> worship <5457>(8750) the golden <1722> image <6755> which thou hast set up <6966>(8684).
13. Then <116> Nebuchadnezzar <5020> in his rage <7266> and fury <2528> commanded <560>(8754) to bring <858>(8682) Shadrach <7715>, Meshach <4336>, and Abednego <5665>. Then <116> they brought <858>(8717) these <479> men <1400> before <6925> the king <4430>.
14. Nebuchadnezzar <5020> spake <6032>(8750) and said <560>(8750) unto them, Is it true <6656>, O Shadrach <7715>, Meshach <4336>, and Abednego <5665>, do not <3809> ye <383> serve <6399>(8750) my gods <426>, nor <3809> worship <5457>(8750) the golden <1722> image <6755> which I have set <6966>(8684) up?
15. Now <3705> if <2006> ye be <383> ready <6263> that at what time <5732> ye hear <8086>(8748) the sound <7032> of the cornet <7162>, flute <4953>, harp <7030>(8675) <7030>, sackbut <5443>, psaltery <6460>, and dulcimer <5481>, and all <3606> kinds <2178> of musick <2170>, ye fall down <5308>(8748) and worship <5457>(8748) the image <6755> which I have made <5648>(8754); well: but if <2006> ye worship <5457>(8748) not <3809>, ye shall be cast <7412>(8729) the same hour <8160> into the midst <1459> of a burning <3345>(8751) fiery <5135> furnace <861>; and who <4479> is that God <426> that shall deliver <7804>(8755) you out <4481> of my hands <3028>?
16. Shadrach <7715>, Meshach <4336>, and Abednego <5665>, answered <6032>(8754) and said <560>(8750) to the king <4430>, O Nebuchadnezzar <5020>, we <586> are not <3809> careful <2818>(8750) to answer <8421>(8682) thee in <5922> this <1836> matter <6600>.
17. If <2006> it be so, our God <426> whom we <586> serve <6399>(8750) is <383> able <3202>(8750) to deliver <7804>(8756) us from <4481> the burning <3345>(8751) fiery <5135> furnace <861>, and he will deliver <7804>(8755) us out of <4481> thine hand <3028>, O king <4430>.
18. But if <2006> not <3809>, be it <1934>(8748) known <3046>(8752) unto thee, O king <4430>, that we will <383> not <3809> serve <6399>(8750) thy gods <426>, nor <3809> worship <5457>(8748) the golden <1722> image <6755> which thou hast set up <6966>(8684).
19. Then <116> was Nebuchadnezzar <5020> full <4391>(8728) of fury <2528>, and the form <6755> of his visage <600> was changed <8133>(8724) against <5922> Shadrach <7715>, Meshach <4336>, and Abednego <5665>: therefore he spake <6032>(8750), and commanded <560>(8750) that they should heat <228>(8749) the furnace <861> one <2298> seven times <7655> more <5922> than <1768> it was wont <2370>(8752) to be heated <228>(8749).
20. And he commanded <560>(8754) the most <2429> mighty <1401> men <1400> that were in his army <2429> to bind <3729>(8742) Shadrach <7715>, Meshach <4336>, and Abednego <5665>, and to cast <7412>(8749) them into the burning <3345>(8751) fiery <5135> furnace <861>.
21. Then <116> these <479> men <1400> were bound <3729>(8760) in their coats <5622>, their hosen <6361>(8675) <6361>, and their hats <3737>, and their other garments <3831>, and were cast <7412>(8752) into the midst <1459> of the burning <3345>(8751) fiery <5135> furnace <861>.
22. Therefore <3606> <6903> because <4481> <1836> the king's <4430> commandment <4406> was urgent <2685>(8683), and the furnace <861> exceeding <3493> hot <228>(8752), the flame <7631> of the fire <5135> slew <6992>(8745) those <479> men <1400> <1994> that took up <5267>(8684) Shadrach <7715>, Meshach <4336>, and Abednego <5665>.
23. And these <479> three <8532> men <1400>, Shadrach <7715>, Meshach <4336>, and Abednego <5665>, fell down <5308>(8754) bound <3729>(8743) into the midst <1459> of the burning <3345>(8751) fiery <5135> furnace <861>.
24. Then <116> Nebuchadnezzar <5020> the king <4430> was astonied <8429>(8754), and rose up <6966>(8754) in haste <927>(8726), and spake <6032>(8750), and said <560>(8750) unto his counsellors <1907>, Did not <3809> we cast <7412>(8754) three <8532> men <1400> bound <3729>(8743) into the midst <1459> of the fire <5135>? They answered <6032>(8750) and said <560>(8750) unto the king <4430>, True <3330>, O king <4430>.
25. He answered <6032>(8750) and said <560>(8750), Lo <1888>, I <576> see <2370>(8751) four <703> men <1400> loose <8271>(8750), walking <1981>(8683) in the midst <1459> of the fire <5135>, and they have <383> no <3809> hurt <2257>; and the form <7299> of the fourth <7244> is like <1821>(8751) the Son <1247> of God <426>.
26. Then <116> Nebuchadnezzar <5020> came near <7127>(8754) to the mouth <8651> of the burning <3345>(8751) fiery <5135> furnace <861>, and spake <6032>(8750), and said <560>(8750), Shadrach <7715>, Meshach <4336>, and Abednego <5665>, ye servants <5649> of the most high <5943> God <426>, come forth <5312>(8747), and come <858>(8747) hither. Then <116> Shadrach <7715>, Meshach <4336>, and Abednego <5665>, came forth <5312>(8750) of <4481> the midst <1459> of the fire <5135>.
27. And the princes <324>, governors <5460>, and captains <6347>, and the king's <4430> counsellors <1907>, being gathered together <3673>(8723), saw <2370>(8751) these <479> men <1400>, upon whose bodies <1655> the fire <5135> had no <3809> power <7981>(8754), nor <3809> was an hair <8177> of their head <7217> singed <2761>(8724), neither <3809> were their coats <5622> changed <8133>(8754), nor <3809> the smell <7382> of fire <5135> had passed <5709>(8754) on them.
28. Then Nebuchadnezzar <5020> spake <6032>(8750), and said <560>(8750), Blessed <1289>(8752) be the God <426> of Shadrach <7715>, Meshach <4336>, and Abednego <5665>, who hath sent <7972>(8754) his angel <4398>, and delivered <7804>(8758) his servants <5649> that trusted <7365>(8702) in him <5922>, and have changed <8133>(8745) the king's <4430> word <4406>, and yielded <3052>(8754) their bodies <1655>, that they might not <3809> serve <6399>(8748) nor <3809> worship <5457>(8748) any <3606> god <426>, except <3861> their own God <426>.
29. Therefore <4481> I make <7761>(8752) a decree <2942>, That every <3606> people <5972>, nation <524>, and language <3961>, which speak <560>(8748) any thing amiss <7960>(8675) <7955> against <5922> the God <426> of Shadrach <7715>, Meshach <4336>, and Abednego <5665>, shall be cut <5648>(8725) in pieces <1917>, and their houses <1005> shall be made <7739>(8721) a dunghill <5122>: because <6903> <3606> there is <383> no <3809> other <321> God <426> that can <3202>(8748) deliver <5338>(8682) after this <1836> sort.
30. Then <116> the king <4430> promoted <6744>(8684) Shadrach <7715>, Meshach <4336>, and Abednego <5665>, in the province <4083> of Babylon <895>.
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THE GREAT COMMISSION
The theme Verse for the whole Book of the Acts is picked up in Acts 1:8: "Ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth."
Peter Dulis [toronto west] Comment added in 2006 Reply to Peter
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1. The former <3303> <4413> treatise <3056> have I made <4160>(5668), O <5599> Theophilus <2321>, of <4012> all <3956> that Jesus <2424> began <756>(5662) both <5037> to do <4160>(5721) and <2532> teach <1321>(5721),
2. Until <891> the day <2250> in which <3739> he was taken up <353>(5681), after that he through <1223> the Holy <40> Ghost <4151> had given commandments <1781>(5674) unto the apostles <652> whom <3739> he had chosen <1586>(5668):
3. To whom <3739> also <2532> he shewed <3936>(5656) himself <1438> alive <2198>(5723) after <3326> his <846> passion <3958>(5629) by <1722> many <4183> infallible proofs <5039>, being seen <3700>(5740) of them <846> <1223> forty <5062> days <2250>, and <2532> speaking <3004>(5723) of the things pertaining <4012> to the kingdom <932> of God <2316>:
4. And <2532>, being assembled together <4871>(5740) with <846> them, commanded <3853>(5656) them <846> that they should <5563> <0> not <3361> depart <5563>(5745) from <575> Jerusalem <2414>, but <235> wait <4037>(5721) for the promise <1860> of the Father <3962>, which <3739>, saith he, ye have heard <191>(5656) of me <3450>.
5. For <3754> John <2491> truly <3303> baptized <907>(5656) with water <5204>; but <1161> ye <5210> shall be baptized <907>(5701) with <1722> the Holy <40> Ghost <4151> not <3756> many <3326> <4183> days <2250> hence <5025>.
6. When <3303> they therefore <3767> were come together <4905>(5631), they asked <1905>(5707) of him <846>, saying <3004>(5723), Lord <2962>, <1487> wilt thou <600> <0> at <1722> this <5129> time <5550> restore again <600>(5719) the kingdom <932> to Israel <2474>?
7. And <1161> he said <2036>(5627) unto <4314> them <846>, It is <2076>(5748) not <3756> for you <5216> to know <1097>(5629) the times <5550> or <2228> the seasons <2540>, which <3739> the Father <3962> hath put <5087>(5639) in <1722> his own <2398> power <1849>.
8. But <235> ye shall receive <2983>(5695) power <1411>, after that the Holy <40> Ghost <4151> is come <1904>(5631) upon <1909> you <5209>: and <2532> ye shall be <2071>(5704) witnesses <3144> unto me <3427> both <5037> in <1722> Jerusalem <2419>, and <2532> in <1722> all <3956> Judaea <2449>, and <2532> in Samaria <4540>, and <2532> unto <2193> the uttermost part <2078> of the earth <1093>.
9. And <2532> when he had spoken <2036>(5631) these things <5023>, while they <846> beheld <991>(5723), he was taken up <1869>(5681); and <2532> a cloud <3507> received <5274>(5627) him <846> out of <575> their <846> sight <3788>.
10. And <2532> while <5613> they looked stedfastly <2258>(5713) <816>(5723) toward <1519> heaven <3772> as he <846> went up <4198>(5740), <2532> behold <2400>(5628), two <1417> men <435> stood by <3936>(5715) them in <1722> white <3022> apparel <2066>;
11. Which <3739> also <2532> said <2036>(5627), Ye men <435> of Galilee <1057>, why <5101> stand ye <2476>(5758) gazing up <1689>(5723) into <1519> heaven <3772>? this same <3778> Jesus <2424>, which <3588> is taken up <353>(5685) from <575> you <5216> into <1519> heaven <3772>, shall <2064> <0> so <3779> come <2064>(5695) in like manner as <5158> ye have seen <2300>(5662) him <846> go <4198>(5740) into <1519> heaven <3772>.
12. Then <5119> returned they <5290>(5656) unto <1519> Jerusalem <2419> from <575> the mount <3735> called <2564>(5746) Olivet <1638>, which <3739> is <2076>(5748) from <1451> Jerusalem <2419> a sabbath <4521> day's journey <2192>(5723) <3598>.
13. And <2532> when <3753> they were come in <1525>(5627), they went up <305>(5627) into <1519> an upper room <5253>, where <3757> abode <2258>(5713) <2650>(5723) both <5037> Peter <4074>, and <2532> James <2385>, and <2532> John <2491>, and <2532> Andrew <406>, Philip <5376>, and <2532> Thomas <2381>, Bartholomew <918>, and <2532> Matthew <3156>, James <2385> the son of Alphaeus <256>, and <2532> Simon <4613> Zelotes <2208>, and <2532> Judas <2455> the brother of James <2385>.
14. These <3778> all <3956> continued <2258>(5713) <4342>(5723) with one accord <3661> in prayer <4335> and <2532> supplication <1162>, with <4862> the women <1135>, and <2532> Mary <3137> the mother <3384> of Jesus <2424>, and <2532> with <4862> his <846> brethren <80>.
15. And <2532> in <1722> those <5025> days <2250> Peter <4074> stood up <450>(5631) in <1722> the midst <3319> of the disciples <3101>, and said <2036>(5627), <5037> (the number <3793> of names <3686> together <1909> <846> were <2258>(5713) about <5613> an hundred <1540> and twenty <1501>,)
16. Men <435> and brethren <80>, this <5026> scripture <1124> must <1163>(5713) needs have been fulfilled <4137>(5683), which <3739> the Holy <40> Ghost <4151> by <1223> the mouth <4750> of David <1138> spake before <4277>(5627) concerning <4012> Judas <2455>, which <3588> was <1096>(5637) guide <3595> to them that took <4815>(5631) Jesus <2424>.
17. For <3754> he was <2258>(5713) numbered <2674>(5772) with <4862> us <2254>, and <2532> had obtained <2975>(5627) part <2819> of this <5026> ministry <1248>.
18. Now <3303> <3767> this man <3778> purchased <2932>(5662) a field <5564> with <1537> the reward <3408> of iniquity <93>; and <2532> falling <1096>(5637) headlong <4248>, he burst asunder <2997>(5656) in the midst <3319>, and <2532> all <3956> his <846> bowels <4698> gushed out <1632>(5681).
19. And <2532> it was <1096>(5633) known <1110> unto all <3956> the dwellers <2730>(5723) at Jerusalem <2419>; insomuch as <5620> that <1565> field <5564> is called <2564>(5683) in their <846> proper <2398> tongue <1258>, Aceldama <184>, that <5123>(5748) is to say, The field <5564> of blood <129>.
20. For <1063> it is written <1125>(5769) in <1722> the book <976> of Psalms <5568>, Let <1096> <0> his <846> habitation <1886> be <1096>(5676) desolate <2048>, and <2532> let <2077>(5749) no man <3361> dwell <2730>(5723) therein <1722> <846>: and <2532> his <846> bishoprick <1984> let <2983> <0> another <2087> take <2983>(5630).
21. Wherefore <3767> of these <5130> men <435> which have companied <4905>(5631) with us <2254> all <3956> the time <5550> that <1722> <3739> the Lord <2962> Jesus <2424> went <1831> <0> in <1525>(5627) and <2532> out <1831>(5627) among <1909> us <2248>,
22. Beginning <756>(5671) from <575> the baptism <908> of John <2491>, unto <2193> that same day <2250> that <3739> he was taken up <353>(5681) from <575> us <2257>, must <1163>(5748) one <1520> be ordained <1096>(5635) to be a witness <3144> with <4862> us <2254> of his <846> resurrection <386>.
23. And <2532> they appointed <2476>(5627) two <1417>, Joseph <2501> called <2564>(5746) Barsabas <923>, who <3739> was surnamed <1941>(5681) Justus <2459>, and <2532> Matthias <3159>.
24. And <2532> they prayed <4336>(5666), and said <2036>(5627), Thou <4771>, Lord <2962>, which knowest the hearts <2589> of all <3956> men, shew <322>(5657) whether <1520> of <1537> these <5130> two <1417> thou hast chosen <1586>(5668),
25. That he may take <2983>(5629) part <2819> of this <5026> ministry <1248> and <2532> apostleship <651>, from <1537> which <3739> Judas <2455> by transgression fell <3845>(5627), that he might go <4198>(5677) to <1519> his own <2398> place <5117>.
26. And <2532> they gave forth <1325>(5656) their <846> lots <2819>; and <2532> the lot <2819> fell <4098>(5627) upon <1909> Matthias <3159>; and <2532> he was numbered <4785>(5681) with <3326> the eleven <1733> apostles <652>.