Acts 1

the king version

The former treatise I have made, O Theophilus, was_[1] about_[2]
   all that Jesus began both to do and teach, ²until the day in which He was taken up,
   after that He, through the Holy Spirit, had given commandments unto the apostles, whom He had chosen:
  ³To whom also He showed Himself alive after His passion by many infallible proofs, being seen by them for_[3] forty (40) days,
   and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God.

⁴And, being assembled together with them, He_[4] commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, He says_[5], “You_[6] have heard from_[7] Me; ⁵for John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days hence.”

⁶When they, therefore, had_[8] come together, they asked of Him, saying, “Lord, will You at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?”

⁷And He said unto them, “It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father has put in His own power. ⁸But you_[9] shall receive power, after that the Holy Spirit has_[10] come upon you; and you_[11] shall be witnesses unto Me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.”

⁹And when He had spoken these things, while they looked_[12], He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight.

¹⁰And while they looked steadfastly toward Heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel,¹¹ who_[13] also said, “You_[14] men of Galilee, why do_[15] you_[16] stand gazing up into Heaven? This same Jesus, who is taken up from you into Heaven, shall so come in like manner as you_[17] have seen Him go into Heaven.”

¹²Then they returned unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a Sabbath day's journey. ¹³And when they had_[18] come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode, namely_[19],
   Peter,
   and James,
   and John,
   and Andrew,
   Philip,
   and Thomas,
   Bartholomew,
   and Matthew,
   James the son of Alphaeus,
   and Simon Zelotes,
   and Judas the brother of James.

¹⁴All these continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brethren.

¹⁵And in those days, Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples (the number of names together were about a_[20] hundred and twenty), and said, ^16 “Men and brethren, this Scripture must and_[21] needs to be_[22] fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit, by the mouth of David, spoke before concerning Judas, who_[23] was guide to them that took Jesus. ¹⁷For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry.”

¹⁸Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst open_[24] in the middle_[25], and all his bowels gushed out. ¹⁹And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem, insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The Field of Blood.

²⁰For it is written in the book of Psalms:
     “Let his habitation be desolate,
       and let no man dwell in it_[26]”, _{[Psalm 69:25]}
     and,
       “his bishopric_[27][28] let another take_{.”[Psalm 109:8]}
²¹Therefore_[29], from_[30] these men who_[31] have accompanied_[32] us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, ²²beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that He was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of His resurrection.”

²³And they appointed two: Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias. ²⁴And they prayed, and said, “You_[33], Lord, who_[34] knows_[35] the hearts of all men, show_[36] which_[37] of these two You have_[38] chosen, ²⁵that he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.”

²⁶And they gave forth their lots, and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven (11) apostles. _[KING]

NOTES:

_[1] was - added for clarity

_[2] of

_[3] for - added for clarity

_[4] He - added for clarity

_[5] says – Historical Present Tense _[link]

_[6] ye – plural, also v.5

_[7] of

_[8] were

_[9] ye - plural

_[10] is

_[11] ye - plural

_[12] beheld

_[13] which

_[14] ye - plural

_[15] do - added for grammar adjustment

_[16] ye - plural

_[17] ye - plural

_[18] were

_[19] both

_[20] an

_[21] and - added for clarity

_[22] have been

_[23] which

_[24] asunder

_[25] midst

_[26] therein

_[27] bishoprick (archaic spelling).

_[28] The Greek episkopé _[1984] usage: oversight, supervision, overseership. _[Strong’s] More commonly translated as ‘office.’

_[29] Wherefore

_[30] of

_[31] which

_[32] companied

_[34] which

_[35] knowest

_[36] shew

_[37] whether

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