1 No primeiro livro relatei, ó Teófilo, todas as coisas que Jesus começou a fazer e a ensinar,
2 até o dia em que foi recebido acima, depois de haver dado preceitos pelo Espírito Santo aos apóstolos que escolhera;
3 aos quais ele também, depois de haver padecido, apresentou-se vivo, dando disto muitas provas, aparecendo-lhes por espaço de quarenta dias e falando das coisas concernentes ao reino de Deus.
4 Reunido a eles, ordenou-lhes que não saíssem de Jerusalém, mas que esperassem a promessa feita pelo Pai, a qual (disse ele) de mim ouvistes;
5 pois João, na verdade, batizou com água, mas vós sereis batizados com o Espírito Santo dentro de poucos dias.
6 Eles estando reunidos outra vez, perguntaram-lhe: Senhor, é agora, porventura, que restabeleces o reino a Israel?
7 Ele lhes respondeu: A vós não vos compete saber os tempos ou as épocas, que o Pai fixou pela sua própria autoridade;
8 mas recebereis poder, ao descer sobre vós o Espírito Santo, e sereis minhas testemunhas tanto em Jerusalém, como em toda a Judéia e Samaria, e até as extremidades da terra.
9 Tendo dito estas coisas, foi Jesus elevado à vista deles, e uma nuvem o recebeu e ocultou aos seus olhos.
10 Estando eles com os olhos fitos no céu, enquanto ele subia, eis que dois varões com vestiduras brancas se puseram ao lado deles,
11 e lhes perguntaram: Galileus, por que estais olhando para o céu? esse Jesus que dentre vós foi recebido no céu, assim virá do modo como o vistes ir para o céu.
12 Então voltaram para Jerusalém do monte chamado Olival, que está perto de Jerusalém, na distância da jornada de um sábado.
13 Quando entraram, subiram ao cenáculo, onde assistiam Pedro, João, Tiago e André; Filipe, Tomé, Bartolomeu e Mateus; Tiago, filho de Alfeu, e Simão, o zelote e Judas, filho de Tiago.
14 Todos estes perseveravam unanimemente em oração com as mulheres e com Maria, mãe de Jesus, e com os irmãos dele.
15 Naqueles dias levantou-se Pedro no meio dos irmãos (estava ali reunida uma multidão de cerca de cento e vinte pessoas) e disse:
16 Irmãos, convinha que se cumprisse a Escritura que o Espírito Santo predisse por boca de Davi acerca de Judas, que foi o guia daqueles que prenderam a Jesus,
17 porque era ele contado entre nós e tomou parte neste ministério.
18 (Ora este homem adquiriu um campo com o preço da sua iniqüidade e, precipitando-se de cabeça para baixo, arrebentou pelo meio, e todas as suas entranhas se derramaram;
19 e tornou-se isto conhecido de todos os habitantes de Jerusalém, de maneira que em sua própria língua esse campo era chamado Aceldama, isto é, campo de sangue.
20 Pois está escrito no livro dos Salmos: Fique deserta a sua habitação, E não haja quem nela habite; e: Tome outro o seu ministério.)
21 É necessário, pois, que, dos homens que nos acompanharam todo o tempo em que o Senhor Jesus viveu entre nós,
22 começando desde o batismo de João até o dia em que dentre nós foi recebido acima, um destes se torne testemunha conosco da sua ressurreição.
23 Apresentaram dois-José, também chamado Barsabás, que tinha por sobrenome Justo, e Matias.
24 E orando, disseram: Tu, Senhor, que conheces os corações de todos, mostra qual destes dois tens escolhido,
25 para tomar o lugar deste ministério e apostolado, do qual Judas se transviou para ir ao seu próprio lugar.
26 A respeito deles deitaram sortes; caiu a sorte sobre Matias, e foi ele contado com os onze apóstolos.
1 The former treatise I made, O Theophilus, concerning all that Jesus began both to do and to teach, 2 until the day in which he was received up, after that he had given commandment through the Holy Spirit unto the apostles whom he had chosen: 3 to whom he also showed himself alive after his passion by many proofs, appearing unto them by the space of forty days, and speaking the things concerning the kingdom of God: 4 and, being assembled together with them, he charged them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, said he, ye heard from me: 5 For John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized in the Holy Spirit not many days hence.
6 They therefore, when they were come together, asked him, saying, Lord, dost thou at this time restore the kingdom to Israel? 7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know times or seasons, which the Father hath set within his own authority. 8 But ye shall receive power, when the Holy Spirit is come upon you: and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judæa and Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. 9 And when he had said these things, as they were looking, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. 10 And while they were looking stedfastly into heaven as he went, behold two men stood by them in white apparel; 11 who also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye looking into heaven? this Jesus, who was received up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye beheld him going into heaven.
12 Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is nigh unto Jerusalem, a sabbath day’s journey off. 13 And when they were come in, they went up into the upper chamber, where they were abiding; both Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphæus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of James. 14 These all with one accord continued stedfastly in prayer, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.
15 And in these days Peter stood up in the midst of the brethren, and said (and there was a multitude of persons gathered together, about a hundred and twenty), 16 Brethren, it was needful that the scripture should be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spake before by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who was guide to them that took Jesus. 17 For he was numbered among us, and received his portion in this ministry. 18 (Now this man obtained a field with the reward of his iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out. 19 And it became known to all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch that in their language that field was called Akeldama, that is, The field of blood.) 20 For it is written in the book of Psalms,
Let his habitation be made desolate,
And let no man dwell therein:
and,
His office let another take.
21 Of the men therefore that have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and went out among us, 22 beginning from the baptism of John, unto the day that he was received up from us, of these must one become a witness with us of his resurrection. 23 And they put forward two, Joseph called Barsabbas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias. 24 And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, who knowest the hearts of all men, show of these two the one whom thou hast chosen, 25 to take the place in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas fell away, that he might go to his own place. 26 And they gave lots for them; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.