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this disciple was not to die. And yet Jesus did not say to him, He will not die; but, If it be my will that he remain till I come, what is it to thee?

This is the disciple who testifieth of these things, and hath written these things; and we know that his testimony is true.

Ver. 25. This verse, And there are also many other things which Jesus did; and if they were to be every one written, I suppose that not even the world itself could contain the books that would be written, is omitted by Tischendorf, apparently because it was wanting in the Sinai manuscript, as originally written. It is found in all other known manuscripts, though in many copies it is said in a note to have been regarded by some as a later addition.

ACTS OF APOSTLES.

I. THE former narrative I made, O Theophilus, of all that 2 Jesus both did and taught from the beginning until the day in which, after he had through the Holy Spirit given commandments to the apostles whom he had chosen, he 3 was taken up; to whom also he showed himself living, after he had suffered, by many sure proofs, appearing to them during forty days, and speaking of the things per4 taining to the kingdom of God. And while in assembly with them, he commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for what had been promised by the 5 Father, which [said he] ye heard from me; for John indeed baptized with water, but ye will be baptized in the Holy Spirit not many days hence.

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They therefore, having come together, asked him, saying, Lord, art thou at this time about to restore the king7 dom to Israel? But he said to them, It belongeth not to you to know times or seasons, which the Father appointed 8 by his own authority. But ye will receive power when the Holy Spirit hath come upon you; and ye will be my witnesses, both in Jerusalem and in all Judæa, and in Samaria, and to the end of the earth.

9 And having thus spoken, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. 10 And while they were looking earnestly into heaven as

he went up, lo! two men stood by them in white apparel, 11 who said, Men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into

heaven? This Jesus, who hath been taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same manner in which ye beheld him going into heaven.

12 Then they returned to Jerusalem, from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, within a sabbath-day's 13 journey. And when they had come in, they went up into the upper room where they were making their abode, namely, 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 14 brother of James. These all continued with one accord in prayer, with women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.

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And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the brethren, and said, (the number of the names together 16 was about one hundred and twenty,) Brethren, it was necessary that this scripture should be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit through the mouth of David spoke before concerning Judas, who became guide to those who took 17 Jesus. For he was numbered among us, and obtained 18 the allotment of this ministry. Now this man purchased

a field with the wages of the iniquity; and falling headlong he burst asunder in the middle, and all his bowels 19 gushed out. And it became known to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that that field is called in their 20 own tongue, Aceldamach, that is, Field of Blood. For

it is written in the book of Psalms, "Let his habitation be made desolate, and let no one dwell therein; "* and, 21 "Let another take his office."† Of these men, therefore, who accompanied us all the time that the Lord Jesus 22 went in and out among us, from the baptism of John until the day when he was taken up from us, must one be made a witness with us of his resurrection.

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And they proposed two, Joseph called Barsabbas, who 24 was surnamed Justus, and Matthias. And they prayed

saying, Thou, Lord, who knowest the hearts of all men, 25 show which of these two thou hast chosen to take the part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell away, that he might go to his own 26 place. And they cast lots for them; and the lot fell upon Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.

II. And on the day of Pentecost they were all together in 2 one place. And suddenly there came out of heaven a sound, as of a rushing mighty wind; and it filled the 3 whole house where they were sitting; and there appeared to them tongues as of fire, distributing themselves; and 4 one sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, 5 even as the Spirit gave them utterance. Now there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every na6 tion under heaven. And when this sound took place, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because every one heard them speaking in his own language. 7 And they were amazed, and marvelled, saying, Behold, 8 are not all these who speak Galilæans? and how is it that we every one hear them in our own language, 9 wherein we were born? Parthians and Medes and

Elamites, and those who inhabit Mesopotamia, Judæa 10 and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and Romans who sojourn here, both Jews and Proselytes, 11 Cretans and Arabians how is it that we hear them speaking in our tongues the wonderful works of God? 12 And they were all amazed and were in doubt, saying 13 one to another, What can this mean? Others making sport of it, said, They are full of new wine.

14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said to them, Men of Judæa, and all that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known to you, and hearken to my 15 words. For these are not drunken, as ye suppose; for it 16 is the third hour of the day; but this is what was spoken 17 through the prophet Joel, "It shall be in the last days, saith God, that I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will prophesy, and your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream 18 dreams; and even on my servants, and on my handmaids,

I will pour out of my Spirit in those days, and they will 19 prophesy. And I will show wonders in heaven above,

and signs on the earth beneath, blood, and fire, and vapor 20 of smoke; the sun will be turned into darkness and the moon into blood, before the day of the Lord cometh, the 21 great and notable day. And it shall be that every one that calleth on the name of the Lord shall be saved." * 22 Men of Israel, hear these words! Jesus the Nazarene, a man approved of God to you by miracles, and wonders, and signs, which God wrought by him in the midst of 23 you, as ye yourselves know, this man, being delivered up by the settled purpose and foreknowledge of God, ye, by 24 the hand of godless men, crucified and slew. But God raised him up, having loosed the pains of death, because 25 it was not possible that he should be held by it. For David saith concerning him, "I saw the Lord always before me; because he is on my right hand, that I should 26 not be moved. Therefore my heart rejoiced, and my tongue exulted; moreover also, my flesh shall dwell in 27 hope; because thou wilt not abandon my soul to the underworld, nor wilt thou suffer thy holy one to see corruption. 28 Thou didst make known to me the ways of life; thou wilt 29 make me full of joy with thy countenance."† Brethren,

Ver. 23. - godless men; i.e. the heathen Romans, who had not God's law. See 1 Cor. ix. 21. Joel ii. 28-32. † Ps. xvi. 8-11.