DAY 1 FOR A GOAL OF READING THE BOOK OF ACTS IN 30 DAYS

AC-1:1  The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all

that

Jesus began both to do and teach,

AC-1:2  Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he

through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles

whom

he had chosen:

AC-1:3  To whom also he showed himself alive after his passion by

many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and

speaking

of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:

AC-1:4  And, being assembled together with [them], commanded them

that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the

promise

of the Father, which, [saith he], ye have heard of me.

AC-1:5  For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be

baptized

with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.

AC-1:6  When they therefore were come together, they asked of

him,

saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to

Israel?

AC-1:7  And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the

times

or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.

AC-1:8  But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is

come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in

Jerusalem,

and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of

the earth.

AC-1:9  And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld,

he

was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.

AC-1:10  And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he

went

up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;

AC-1:11  Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing

up

into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into

heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into

heaven.

AC-1:12  Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called

Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey.

AC-1:13  And when they were come in, they went up into an upper

room, where abode both 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.

AC-1:14  These all continued with one accord in prayer and

supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and

with

his brethren.

AC-1:15  And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the

disciples, and said, (the number of names together were about an

hundred and twenty,)

AC-1:16  Men [and] brethren, this scripture must needs have been

fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake

before

concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus.

AC-1:17  For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of

this

ministry.

AC-1:18  Now this man purchased a field with the reward of

iniquity;

and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his

bowels gushed out.

AC-1:19  And 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.

AC-1:20  For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his

habitation

be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishopric let

another take.

AC-1:21  Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all

the

time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,

AC-1:22  Beginning 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.

AC-1:23  And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was

surnamed Justus, and Matthias.

AC-1:24  And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the

hearts of all [men], show whether of these two thou hast chosen,

AC-1:25  That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship,

from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his

own

place.

AC-1:26  And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon

Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.

*AC-2:1  And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were

all

with one accord in one place.

AC-2:2  And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a

rushing

mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

AC-2:3  And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of

fire,

and it sat upon each of them.

AC-2:4  And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began

to

speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

AC-2:5  And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men,

out

of every nation under heaven.

AC-2:6  Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came

together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them

speak in his own language.

AC-2:7  And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to

another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans?

AC-2:8  And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we

were

born? 

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