Hechos 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.

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.

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  • 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.

1 EN el primer tratado, oh Teófilo, he hablado de todas las cosas que Jesús comenzó á hacer y á enseñar, 2 Hasta el día en que, habiendo dado mandamientos por el Espíritu Santo á los apóstoles que escogió, fué recibido arriba; 3 A los cuales, después de haber padecido, se presentó vivo con muchas pruebas indubitables, apareciéndoles por cuarenta días, y hablándo[les] del reino de Dios. 4 Y estando juntos, les mandó que no se fuesen de Jerusalem, sino que esperasen la promesa del Padre, que oísteis, [dijo], de mí. 5 Porque Juan á la verdad bautizó con agua, mas vosotros seréis bautizados con el Espíritu Santo no muchos días después de estos. 6 Entonces los que se habían juntado le preguntaron, diciendo: Señor, ¿restituirás el reino á Israel en este tiempo? 7 Y les dijo: No toca á vosotros saber los tiempos ó las sazones que el Padre puso en su sola potestad; 8 Mas recibiréis la virtud del Espíritu Santo que vendrá sobre vosotros; y me sereís testigos en Jerusalem, y en toda Judea, y Samaria, y hasta lo último de la tierra. 9 Y habiendo dicho estas cosas, viéndo[lo] ellos, fué alzado; y una nube le recibió [y le quitó] de sus ojos. 10 Y estando con los ojos puestos en el cielo, entre tanto que él iba, he aquí dos varones se pusieron junto á ellos en vestidos blancos; 11 Los cuales también les dijeron: Varones Galileos, ¿qué estáis mirando al cielo? este mismo Jesús que ha sido tomado desde vosotros arriba en el cielo, así vendrá como le habéis visto ir al cielo. 12 Entonces se volvieron á Jerusalem del monte que se llama del Olivar, el cual está cerca de Jerusalem camino de un sábado. 13 Y entrados, subieron al aposento alto, donde moraban Pedro y Jacobo, y Juan y Andrés, Felipe y Tomás, Bartolomé y Mateo, Jacobo [hijo] de Alfeo, y Simón Zelotes, y Judas [hermano] de Jacobo. 14 Todos éstos perseveraban unánimes en oración y ruego, con las mujeres, y con María la madre de Jesús, y con sus hermanos. 15 Y en aquellos días, Pedro, levantándose en medio de los hermanos, dijo (y era la compañía junta como de ciento y veinte en número): 16 Varones hermanos, convino que se cumpliese la Escritura, la cual dijo antes el Espíritu Santo por la boca de David, de Judas, que fué guía de los que prendieron á Jesús; 17 El cuál era contado con nosotros, y tenía suerte en este ministerio. 18 Este, pues, adquirió un campo del salario de su iniquidad, y colgándose, reventó por medio, y todas sus entrañas se derramaron. 19 Y fué notorio á todos los moradores de Jerusalem; de tal manera que aquel campo es llamado en su propia lengua, Acéldama, que es, Campo de sangre. 20 Porque está escrito en el libro de los salmos: Sea hecha desierta su habitación, y no haya quien more en ella; y: Tome otro su obispado. 21 Conviene, pues, que de estos hombres que han estado juntos con nosotros todo el tiempo que el Señor Jesús entró y salió entre nosotros, 22 Comenzando desde el bautismo de Juan, hasta el día que fué recibido arriba de [entre] nosotros, uno sea hecho testigo con nosotros de su resurrección. 23 Y señalaron á dos: á José, llamado Barsabas, que tenía por sobrenombre Justo, y á Matías. 24 Y orando, dijeron: Tú, Señor, que conoces los corazones de todos, muestra cuál escoges de estos dos, 25 Para que tome el oficio de este ministerio y apostolado, del cual cayó Judas por transgresión, para irse á su lugar. 26 Y les echaron suertes, y cayó la suerte sobre Matías; y fué contado con los once apóstoles.

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