1Nel mio primo libro, o Teofilo[1], ho parlato di tutto quello che Gesù cominciò a fare e a insegnare2fino al giorno che fu elevato in cielo, dopo aver dato mediante lo Spirito Santo delle istruzioni agli apostoli che aveva scelti.3Ai quali anche, dopo che ebbe sofferto, si presentò vivente con molte prove, facendosi vedere da loro per quaranta giorni, parlando delle cose relative al regno di Dio.4Trovandosi con essi, ordinò loro di non allontanarsi da Gerusalemme, ma di attendere l’attuazione della promessa del Padre, «la quale», egli disse, «avete udita da me.5Perché Giovanni battezzò, sì con acqua, ma voi sarete battezzati in Spirito Santo fra non molti giorni».6Quelli dunque che erano riuniti gli domandarono: «Signore, è in questo tempo che ristabilirai il regno a Israele?»7Egli rispose loro: «Non spetta a voi sapere i tempi o i momenti che il Padre ha riservato alla propria autorità.8Ma voi riceverete potenza quando lo Spirito Santo verrà su di voi, e mi sarete testimoni in Gerusalemme, e in tutta la Giudea e Samaria, e fino all’estremità della terra».9Dette queste cose, mentre essi guardavano, fu elevato; e una nuvola, accogliendolo, lo sottrasse ai loro sguardi.10E come essi avevano gli occhi fissi al cielo, mentre egli se ne andava, due uomini in vesti bianche si presentarono a loro e dissero:11«Uomini di Galilea, perché state a guardare verso il cielo? Questo Gesù, che vi è stato tolto ed è stato elevato in cielo, ritornerà nella medesima maniera in cui lo avete visto andare in cielo».
L’attesa dello Spirito Santo
12Allora essi tornarono a Gerusalemme dal monte chiamato dell’Uliveto, che è vicino a Gerusalemme, non distandone che un cammin di sabato[2].13Quando furono entrati, salirono nella sala di sopra dove di consueto si trattenevano Pietro e Giovanni, Giacomo e Andrea, Filippo e Tommaso, Bartolomeo e Matteo, Giacomo d’Alfeo e Simone lo Zelota[3], e Giuda di Giacomo.14Tutti questi perseveravano concordi nella preghiera, con le donne e con Maria, madre di Gesù, e con i fratelli di lui.
Mattia scelto al posto di Giuda
15In quei giorni Pietro, alzatosi in mezzo ai fratelli (il numero delle persone riunite era di circa centoventi), disse:16«Fratelli, era necessario che si adempisse la profezia della Scrittura[4] pronunciata dallo Spirito Santo per bocca di Davide riguardo a Giuda, che fece da guida a quelli che arrestarono Gesù.17Perché egli era uno di noi e aveva ricevuto la sua parte di questo ministero.18Egli dunque acquistò un campo con il salario della sua iniquità; poi, essendosi precipitato, gli si squarciò il ventre, e tutte le sue interiora si sparsero.19Questo è divenuto così noto a tutti gli abitanti di Gerusalemme, che quel campo è stato chiamato nella loro lingua “Acheldama”, cioè “campo di sangue”.20Infatti sta scritto nel libro dei Salmi: “La sua dimora diventi deserta e più nessuno abiti in essa”; e: “Il suo incarico lo prenda un altro”[5].21Bisogna dunque che tra gli uomini che sono stati in nostra compagnia tutto il tempo che il Signore Gesù visse con noi,22a cominciare dal battesimo di Giovanni fino al giorno che egli, tolto da noi, è stato elevato in cielo, uno diventi testimone con noi della sua risurrezione».23Essi ne presentarono due: Giuseppe, detto Barsabba, che era soprannominato Giusto, e Mattia.24Poi in preghiera dissero: «Tu, Signore, che conosci i cuori di tutti, mostra quale di questi due hai scelto25per prendere, in questo ministero e apostolato, il posto che Giuda ha abbandonato per andarsene al suo luogo».26Tirarono quindi a sorte e la sorte cadde su Mattia, che fu aggiunto agli undici apostoli.
1Den ersten Bericht[1] habe ich verfasst, Theophilus, von allem, was Jesus angefangen hat, zu tun und auch zu lehren, (Lu 1,3)2bis zu dem Tag, an dem er ⟨in den Himmel⟩ aufgenommen wurde, nachdem er den Aposteln, die er sich auserwählt, durch den Heiligen Geist Befehl gegeben hatte. (Lu 6,13; At 1,9)3Diesen hat er sich auch nach seinem Leiden in vielen sicheren Kennzeichen lebendig dargestellt, indem er sich vierzig Tage hindurch von ihnen sehen ließ und über die Dinge redete, die das Reich[2] Gottes betreffen. (At 10,40; At 13,31; At 19,8; At 28,23; 1Co 15,5)
Jesu Himmelfahrt
4Und als er mit ihnen versammelt war[3], befahl er ihnen, sich nicht von Jerusalem zu entfernen, sondern auf die Verheißung des Vaters zu warten – die ihr⟨, sagte er,⟩ von mir gehört habt; (Lu 24,49; Giov 14,16; At 2,33)5denn Johannes taufte mit Wasser, ihr aber werdet mit[4] Heiligem Geist getauft werden nach diesen wenigen[5] Tagen. (Mat 3,11; Giov 1,33; At 2,1; At 11,16; 1Co 12,13)6Sie nun, als sie zusammengekommen waren, fragten ihn und sagten: Herr, stellst du in dieser Zeit für Israel das Reich[6] wieder her? (Ger 23,5; Ez 37,21; Da 7,27; Lu 17,20)7Er sprach zu ihnen: Es ist nicht eure Sache, Zeiten oder Zeitpunkte zu wissen, die der Vater in seiner eigenen Vollmacht festgesetzt hat. (Mat 24,36; 1Te 5,1)8Aber ihr werdet Kraft empfangen, wenn der Heilige Geist auf euch gekommen ist; und ihr werdet meine Zeugen sein, sowohl in Jerusalem als auch in ganz Judäa und Samaria und bis an das Ende der Erde. (Lu 24,47; Giov 15,27; At 2,32; At 4,33; At 5,32; At 8,14; At 10,39; At 13,31; Ro 10,18)9Und als er dies gesagt hatte, wurde er vor ihren Blicken[7] emporgehoben, und eine Wolke nahm ihn auf vor ihren Augen weg. (Mar 16,19; Ap 11,12)10Und als sie gespannt zum Himmel schauten, wie er auffuhr, siehe, da standen zwei Männer in weißen Kleidern bei ihnen, (Lu 24,4; At 10,30)11die auch sprachen: Männer von Galiläa[8], was steht ihr und seht hinauf zum Himmel? Dieser Jesus, der von euch weg in den Himmel aufgenommen worden ist, wird so kommen, wie ihr ihn habt hingehen sehen in den Himmel. (Mat 24,30; Giov 14,3; At 3,20)12Da kehrten sie nach Jerusalem zurück von dem Berg, welcher Ölberg heißt, der nahe bei Jerusalem ist, einen Sabbatweg[9] entfernt. (Zac 14,4; Lu 24,52)13Und als sie hineingekommen waren, stiegen sie hinauf in den Obersaal, wo sie sich aufzuhalten pflegten: sowohl Petrus als Johannes und Jakobus und Andreas, Philippus und Thomas, Bartholomäus und Matthäus, Jakobus⟨, der Sohn⟩ des Alphäus, und Simon, der Eiferer[10], und Judas⟨, der Sohn⟩ des Jakobus. (Mat 10,2)14Diese alle verharrten einmütig im Gebet mit ⟨einigen⟩ Frauen und Maria, der Mutter Jesu, und mit seinen Brüdern. (Mat 12,46; Lu 18,1; Lu 23,49; At 2,42; At 6,4)
Wahl des Matthias zum Apostel
15Und in diesen Tagen stand Petrus in der Mitte der Brüder auf und sprach – und es war eine Menge von etwa hundertzwanzig Personen[11] beisammen –:16Ihr Brüder[12], es musste die Schrift erfüllt werden, die der Heilige Geist durch den Mund Davids vorhergesagt hat über Judas, der denen, die Jesus festnahmen, Wegweiser geworden ist. (Lu 22,4; Lu 24,44)17Denn er war uns zugezählt und hatte das Los dieses Dienstes empfangen. (Giov 6,70)18Dieser nun hat zwar von dem Lohn der Ungerechtigkeit einen Acker erworben, ist aber kopfüber gestürzt, mitten entzweigeborsten, und alle seine Eingeweide sind ausgeschüttet worden.19Und es ist allen Bewohnern von Jerusalem bekannt geworden, sodass jener Acker in ihrer eigenen Mundart Hakeldamach, das ist Blutacker, genannt worden ist. (Mat 27,7)20Denn es steht im Buch der Psalmen geschrieben: »Seine Wohnung werde öde, und es sei niemand, der darin wohnt«!, und: »Sein Aufseheramt empfange ein anderer!« (Sal 69,26; Sal 109,8)21Es muss nun von den Männern, die mit uns gegangen sind in all der Zeit, in welcher der Herr Jesus bei uns ein- und ausging, (Lu 1,2)22angefangen von der Taufe des Johannes bis zu dem Tag, an dem er von uns hinweg aufgenommen wurde – von diesen ⟨muss⟩ einer Zeuge seiner Auferstehung mit uns werden. (At 2,32; At 3,15; At 10,39)23Und sie stellten zwei auf: Josef, genannt Barsabbas, mit dem Beinamen Justus, und Matthias. (At 15,22)24Und sie beteten und sprachen: Du, Herr, Herzenskenner aller, zeige von diesen beiden den einen an, den du auserwählt hast, (Lu 5,22; At 15,8)25damit er die Stelle dieses Dienstes und Apostelamtes empfängt, von dem Judas abgewichen ist, um an seinen eigenen Ort zu gehen.26Und sie gaben ihnen Lose[13]; und das Los fiel auf Matthias, und er wurde den elf Aposteln zugezählt. (1Sam 14,42; Prov 16,33)
1In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach, (Lu 1,3; Lu 24,19)2until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commands through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. (Mat 28,19; Mat 28,20; Mar 16,15; Mar 16,19; Lu 4,1; Lu 4,18; Lu 24,47; Giov 20,21; Giov 20,22; At 10,38; At 10,42)3He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God. (Mat 28,17; Mar 16,14; Lu 24,34; Lu 24,36; Giov 20,19; Giov 21,1; At 10,40; At 10,41; At 13,31; 1Co 15,5)4And while staying[1] with them he ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, he said, “you heard from me; (Lu 24,49)5for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with[2] the Holy Spirit not many days from now.” (Mat 3,11; At 2,1; At 11,16)
12Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey away. (Lu 24,50; Lu 24,52)13And when they had entered, they went up to the upper room, where they were staying, Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot and Judas the son of James. (Mat 10,2; Mar 3,16; Lu 6,14; At 9,37; At 9,39; At 20,8; At 21,20)14All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.[3] (Mat 12,46; Lu 8,2; Lu 8,3; At 2,42; At 2,46; At 4,24; At 5,12; At 6,4; At 15,25; Ro 12,12; Ro 15,6; Ef 6,18; Col 4,2)15In those days Peter stood up among the brothers (the company of persons was in all about 120) and said, (Giov 21,23)16“Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus. (Mat 26,47; Mar 14,43; Lu 22,37; Lu 22,47; Lu 24,44; Giov 18,3)17For he was numbered among us and was allotted his share in this ministry.” (Giov 6,71; Giov 13,21; At 1,25; At 20,24; At 21,19; Ro 11,13; 2Co 4,1)18(Now this man acquired a field with the reward of his wickedness, and falling headlong[4] he burst open in the middle and all his bowels gushed out. (Mat 26,14; Mat 27,5)19And it became known to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the field was called in their own language Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood.) (At 21,40)20“For it is written in the Book of Psalms, “‘May his camp become desolate, and let there be no one to dwell in it’; and “‘Let another take his office.’ (Sal 69,25; Sal 109,8)21So one of the men who have accompanied us during all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, (Nu 27,17; De 31,2; 1Sam 18,13; Giov 15,27)22beginning from the baptism of John until the day when he was taken up from us—one of these men must become with us a witness to his resurrection.” (Mar 1,1; Lu 24,48; At 1,2; At 4,33; At 13,24; 1P 1,3)23And they put forward two, Joseph called Barsabbas, who was also called Justus, and Matthias. (At 1,26; At 15,22; At 18,7; Col 4,11)24And they prayed and said, “You, Lord, who know the hearts of all, show which one of these two you have chosen (1Sam 16,7; At 6,6; At 13,3; Ro 8,27)25to take the place in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place.” (At 17,1; Ro 1,5; 1Co 9,2; Ga 2,8)26And they cast lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.
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1The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,2Until 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:3To whom also he shewed 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:4And, 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.5For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.6When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?7And 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.8But 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.9And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.10And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;11Which 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.12Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey.13And 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.14These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.15And 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,)16Men 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.17For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry.18Now 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.19And 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.20For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take.21Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,22Beginning 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.23And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.24And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen,25That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.26And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.