Acts 1

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Acts 1 is the bridge between the Gospel of Luke and the story of the church. Luke describes the forty days of appearances, the command to wait in Jerusalem for the promised Spirit, and the disciples' question about restoring the kingdom to Israel. Jesus redirects it: the timing is the Father's, but they will receive power and be his witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. He is taken up, two men in white promise he will return the same way, and the disciples go back to the upper room to pray with the women, Mary, and Jesus' brothers. Peter explains Judas's death from the Psalms, and the community chooses Matthias by lot to restore the Twelve.

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Acts 1 is the hinge on which the New Testament turns. Luke, writing again to Theophilus, picks up where his Gospel stopped: Jesus, risen, showing himself alive over forty days with proofs that convinced, teaching about the kingdom, and telling his disciples not to leave Jerusalem until the Father's promise arrived. They ask the question anyone would ask, whether this is the moment he restores the kingdom to Israel, and he neither says yes nor no. The times are not theirs to know. What is theirs is power, and a job: to be his witnesses in Jerusalem, then Judea and Samaria, then to the ends of the earth, a sentence that is the outline of the whole book that follows. Then he is lifted up, a cloud takes him, and the disciples are still staring at the sky when two men in white ask them why. He will come back the way he went. They walk the short Sabbath distance back into the city and climb to the upper room, and Luke lists who is there: the eleven, the women, Mary his mother, and his brothers, who had once tried to take him home as a madman and are now on their knees with the rest. Peter stands up in a room of about a hundred and twenty and does the first piece of church business, filling the place Judas left. Two men are proposed, the community prays that the Lord who knows every heart will choose, and the lot falls to Matthias. It is the last time the church casts lots. In the next chapter the Spirit comes, and it never needs to again.

Passi chiave

Acts 1:1-5 Acts 1:6-8 Acts 1:9-11 Acts 1:12-14 Acts 1:15-26 Luke 24:44-53

Historical and literary context

Acts is the second volume of a two-part work addressed to Theophilus, perhaps a patron, written by the author of the third Gospel, traditionally Luke the physician and companion of Paul. The Mount of Olives lies just east of Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey, about two thousand cubits or under a kilometer, being the distance Jewish law allowed on the Sabbath. Casting lots to discern God's choice was ancient practice, used for the priestly duties and the division of the land; this is the last time the church does it, since the Spirit arrives in the next chapter. Peter quotes Psalms 69 and 109 for Judas. A gathering of about a hundred and twenty was a substantial community. Judas's field, Akeldama, was still pointed out in Jerusalem when Luke wrote.

How the chapter unfolds

Verses 1 to 5 recap the Gospel, the forty days, the kingdom teaching, and the command to wait for the Spirit. Verses 6 to 8 give the question about Israel's kingdom and the answer that becomes the outline of the book. Verses 9 to 11 narrate the ascension and the angels' promise. Verses 12 to 14 describe the return to the upper room and the praying community, with the list of the eleven. Verses 15 to 22 are Peter's speech on Judas and the need for a replacement, with Luke's parenthesis on Judas's death. Verses 23 to 26 present the two candidates, the prayer, the lot, and Matthias's enrollment with the eleven.

Why this chapter matters

Verse 8 is the table of contents for the whole book of Acts, Jerusalem in chapters 1 to 7, Judea and Samaria in 8 to 12, the ends of the earth from 13 on, and it has been the charter of Christian mission ever since. The ascension, narrated only here in detail, entered the creeds and gave the church its picture of Christ reigning in heaven and returning as he left. "Why do you stand here looking into the sky?" is the classic rebuke to a faith that waits instead of witnessing. The community of verse 14, apostles, women, and Jesus' family praying together, is the first portrait of the church, and the presence of his brothers, who had not believed during his ministry, is its own quiet resurrection story.

Interpretive tension to watch

Luke's account of Judas falling headlong in a field he bought differs from Matthew's account of Judas hanging himself and the priests buying the field, and harmonizers have worked on the two for centuries. Matthias is never mentioned again, and some have asked whether the church acted too soon and Paul was the intended twelfth apostle; Luke shows no such doubt. The disciples' question about restoring the kingdom to Israel is not rejected, only its timing, which leaves open what Luke thought about Israel's future. And the forty days, the cloud, and the two men in white are told with such restraint that readers disagree about how literally the ascension is meant to be pictured.

Domande per questo capitolo

The disciples ask about restoring the kingdom; Jesus answers with a mission. How do the two questions, "when will you fix things?" and "what should we do?", relate?
The angels ask why they are staring into the sky. What does waiting for Christ's return look like when it is done well?
Jesus' brothers, who once thought he was out of his mind, are in the upper room praying. What changed them?

Study with context

Use this as a chapter guide, then press deeper into the text itself. The goal is to slow down observation, notice structure, and ask better questions before jumping to conclusions.

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1 Littafin da na rubuta da farko, Tiyofilos, ya fadi abubuwan da Yesu ya fara yi ya kuma koyar, 2 har zuwa ranar da aka karbe shi zuwa sama. Wannan kuwa bayan da ya ba da umarni ga zababbun manzanninsa ta wurin Ruhu Mai Tsarki. 3 Bayan ya sha wahala, ya bayyana kan sa da rai a garesu, da alamu da dama masu gamsarwa. Kwana arba'in ya baiyana kansa a garesu yana yi masu magana game da mulkin Allah. 4 Yayin da yana zaune tare da su ya basu umarni cewa kada su bar Urushalima, amma su jira alkawarin Uban, wanda ya ce, ''Kun ji daga gare ni, 5 cewa Yahaya babu shakka ya yi baftisma da ruwa, amma ku za a yi maku baftisma da Ruhu Mai Tsarki nan da kwanaki kadan.'' 6 Sa'adda suna tare suka tambaye shi, ''Ubangiji, a wannan lokaci ne za ka maido da mulki ga Isra'ila?” 7 Ya ce masu, ''Ba naku bane ku san lokaci ko sa'a wanda Uba ya shirya ta wurin ikonsa. 8 Amma za ku karbi iko, idan Ruhu Mai Tsarki ya zo bisanku, sa'annan za ku zama shaidu na cikin Urushalima da kuma cikin dukan Yahudiya da Samariya, har ya zuwa karshen duniya.” 9 Lokacin da Ubangiji Yesu ya fadi wadannan abubuwa, yayin da suna kallon sama, sai aka dauke shi zuwa sama, kuma girgije ya boye shi daga idanunsu. 10 Da suka dinga kallon sama yayin da ya tafi, nan da nan, mazaje biyu suka tsaya a gabansu cikin fararen tufafi. 11 Suka ce, ''Ku mazajen Galili me yasa ku ke tsaye a nan kuna kallon sama? Wannan Yesu wanda ya hau zuwa sama zai dawo kamar yadda kuka gan shi yana tafiya zuwa sama.'' 12 Da suka dawo Urushalima daga dutsen Zaitun, wanda ke kusa da Urushalima, tafiyar Asabaci daya ne. 13 Da suka iso, sai suka haye zuwa cikin bene inda suke da zama. Sune su Bitrus, Yahaya, Yakubu, Andarawus, Filibus, Toma, Bartalamawus, Matiyu, Yakubu dan Alfa, Siman mai tsattsauran ra'ayi, kuma da Yahuza dan Yakubu. 14 Dukansu kuwa suka hada kai gaba daya, yayin da suka ci gaba da naciya cikin addu'a. Tare da su kuma akwai mata, Maryamu mahaifiyar Yesu, da kuma 'yan'uwansa. 15 A cikin wadannan kwanaki Bitrus ya tashi tsaye a tsakiyar 'yan'uwa, kimanin mutane dari da ashirin, ya ce, 16 '' 'Yan'uwa, akwai bukatar Nassi ya cika, wanda Ruhu Mai Tsarki ya fada a baya ta bakin Dauda game da Yahuza, wanda ya jagoranci wadanda suka kama Yesu 17 Domin yana daya daga cikinmu kuma ya karbi rabonsa na ladan wannan hidima,” 18 (Wannan mutum fa ya sai wa kansa fili da cinikin da ya yi na muguntarsa, kuma a nan ya fado da ka, cikinsa ya fashe, hanjinsa suka zubo waje. 19 Duka mazaunan Urushalima suka ji wannan, saboda haka suka kira wannan fili da harshensu “Akeldama'' wato, “Filin Jini.”) 20 “Domin an rubuta a littafin Zabura, 'Bari filinsa ya zama kufai, kada a bar kowa ya zauna wurin,'kuma, 'Bari wani ya dauki matsayinsa na shugabanci.' 21 Saboda haka ya zama dole, daya daga cikin wadanda suke tare da mu tun lokacin da Ubangiji Yesu yana shiga da fita, a tsakaninmu, 22 farawa daga baftismar yahaya har zuwa ranar da aka dauke shi daga wurinmu zuwa sama, ya zama daya daga cikin mu wurin shaidar tashinsa.” 23 Suka gabatar da mutum biyu, Yusufu wanda ake kira Barsabbas, wanda kuma aka yiwa suna Justus, da kuma Matayas. 24 Su ka yi addu'a suka ce, ''Ubangiji, kai ka san zuciyar dukan mutane, ka bayyana mana wanda ka zaba cikin su biyun nan 25 Domin ya dauki gurbin da kuma manzancin daga inda Yahuza ya kauce zuwa nashi waje'' 26 suka jefa kuri'a a kansu; zabe ya fada kan Matayas kuma suka lissafta shi tare da manzanni sha dayan.

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