The first book I wrote, Theophilus, concerned all that Jesus began both to do and to teach, Luk 1:3Luk 24:19Mat 4:23-24Luk 3:231Pe 2:21-23Jhn 10:32-38Jhn 18:19-21Luk 7:21-23 until the day in which he was received up, after he had given commandment through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. Act 1:9Act 10:38Heb 9:24Isa 59:20-21Jhn 20:21Jhn 13:18Eph 4:8-10Mat 28:19-20 To these he also showed himself alive after he suffered, by many proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking about God’s Kingdom. 1Co 15:5-7Act 13:31Jhn 20:261Jn 1:1Jhn 21:1Jhn 21:14Mat 28:9Act 28:31 Being assembled together with them, he commanded them, “Don’t depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which you heard from me. Luk 24:49Jhn 14:16Jhn 15:26Jhn 14:26-28Act 2:33Jhn 7:39Luk 12:12Jhn 16:7-15 For John indeed baptized in water, but you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit not many days from now.” Mat 3:11Act 11:15-161Co 12:13Luk 3:16Tit 3:5Mrk 1:8Act 2:1-4Act 10:45
Therefore, when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, are you now restoring the kingdom to Israel?” Luk 19:11Luk 17:20Dan 7:27Mat 24:3Ezk 37:24-27Isa 9:6-7Jer 23:5-6Jer 33:15-17
He said to them, “It isn’t for you to know times or seasons which the Father has set within his own authority. Mat 24:361Th 5:1-2Mrk 13:32Deu 29:29Mrk 10:40Dan 2:21Eph 1:10Luk 21:24 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth.” Mat 28:19Mrk 16:15Rom 15:19Act 4:33Act 5:32Act 6:8Luk 24:46-49Act 2:1-4
When he had said these things, as they were looking, he was taken up, and a cloud received him out of their sight. Dan 7:13Luk 24:50-51Mrk 16:19Act 1:2Eph 4:8-12Exo 19:9Jhn 6:62Luk 21:27 While they were looking steadfastly into the sky as he went, behold, 1 two men stood by them in white clothing, Luk 24:4Jhn 20:12Mrk 16:5Rev 7:14Act 10:30Dan 7:9Mat 17:2Mat 28:3 who also said, “You men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who was received up from you into the sky, will come back in the same way as you saw him going into the sky.” Rev 1:71Th 4:16Mrk 13:26Jhn 14:3Mat 24:30Mat 16:27Mat 25:31Dan 7:13-14
Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mountain called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey away. Luk 24:52Mat 21:1Luk 24:50Luk 21:37Mat 24:3Mat 26:30Zec 14:4Jhn 11:18 When they had come in, they went up into the upper room where they were staying, that is Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of James. Act 20:8Luk 22:12Mrk 14:15Mat 10:2-4Mrk 2:14Act 10:9-33Act 12:17Act 2:38 All these with one accord continued steadfastly in prayer and supplication, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers. Act 6:4Eph 6:18Act 2:42Col 4:2Rom 12:12Luk 18:1Mat 18:19-20Mat 21:22
In these days, Peter stood up in the middle of the disciples (and the number of names was about one hundred twenty), and said, 1Co 15:6Act 21:20Psa 32:5-6Rev 3:4Jhn 21:23Luk 22:32Rev 11:13Jhn 14:12 “Brothers, it was necessary that this Scripture should be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke before by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who was guide to those who took Jesus. Psa 41:9Jhn 13:18Psa 55:12-15Act 1:20Jhn 12:38-40Mat 26:56Mat 26:54Jhn 18:2-8 For he was counted with us, and received his portion in this ministry. Act 1:25Act 20:24Jhn 17:12Jhn 6:70-71Mrk 3:19Act 21:19Eph 4:11-12Luk 22:47 Now this man obtained a field with the reward for his wickedness; and falling headlong, his body burst open and all his intestines gushed out. Mat 27:3-10Psa 55:23Mat 26:14-15Psa 55:152Ki 5:20-272Pe 2:15-16Job 20:12-15Jos 7:21-26 It became known to everyone who lived in Jerusalem that in their language that field was called ‘Akeldama,’ that is, ‘The field of blood.’ 2Sa 2:16Act 2:22Act 21:40Mat 28:15 For it is written in the book of Psalms, Psa 69:25Psa 109:8-15Act 1:25Luk 24:44Act 13:33Luk 20:42Zec 5:3-4
‘Let his habitation be made desolate.
Let no one dwell in it;’ 2
and,
‘Let another take his office.’ 3
“Of the men therefore who have accompanied us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, Jhn 15:27Luk 10:1-22Sa 5:2Deu 31:2Jhn 10:1-9Num 27:171Ki 3:7 beginning from the baptism of John to the day that he was received up from us, of these one must become a witness with us of his resurrection.” Act 1:2Act 1:8-9Act 4:33Mrk 1:1-8Act 13:24-25Heb 2:3Jhn 1:28-51Jhn 15:27
They put forward two: Joseph called Barsabbas, who was also called Justus, and Matthias. Act 15:22Act 1:26 They prayed and said, “You, Lord, who know the hearts of all men, show which one of these two you have chosen 1Sa 16:7Act 15:8Heb 4:13Jer 17:10Act 14:23Rev 2:23Act 6:6Rom 8:27 to take part in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas fell away, that he might go to his own place.” 1Co 9:2Rom 1:5Jhn 17:12Jhn 6:70-71Act 1:16-21Gal 2:81Ch 10:13-14Jud 1:6-7 They drew lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias; and he was counted with the eleven apostles. Lev 16:8Jos 18:101Sa 14:41-42Jon 1:71Ch 24:5Act 2:14Pro 16:22Act 13:19