8 [21:20]And Peter turning around saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following, who also reclined at the supper on his breast and said, Lord, who is it that is to betray you? [21:21]Peter seeing him said to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man [do]? [21:22]Jesus said to him, If I wish him to continue till I come, what is that to you? follow me. [21:23]The report then went out among the brothers that this disciple would not die; but Jesus said not to him, He shall not die; but, If I wish him to continue till I come, what is that to you? 9 [21:24]This is the disciple who testifies of these things and has written them; and we know that his testimony is true. [21:25]And there are many other things which Jesus did, which, if they should be written particularly, I do not suppose the world itself could contain the books written. ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. CHAPTER I. CHRIST'S ASCENSION, AND THE ELECTION OF AN APOSTLE IN THE PLACE OF JUDAS. 1 [1:1]I WROTE my first account, O Theophilus, of all things which Jesus did and taught, [1:2]till the day that having given charge to the apostles whom he chose by the Holy Spirit he was taken up; [1:3]to whom also he presented himself living after his suffering, by many proofs, being seen by them during forty days, and speaking things relating to the kingdom of God. [1:4]And assembling them, he charged them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which [says he] you have heard from me; [1:5]that John baptized indeed with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit after a few days. 2 [1:6]They therefore having come together asked him, saying, Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom of Israel? [1:7]And he said to them, It is not your [province] to know the times or seasons which the Father has appointed by his own authority; [1:8]but you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and all Judea, and Samaria, and to the end of the earth. [1:9]And having said these words, as they were looking on he was taken up, and a cloud received him from their sight. [1:10]And as they looked steadily to heaven while he went, behold, two men stood by them in white clothing; [1:11]and they said, Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking at heaven? This Jesus taken up from you to heaven shall so come in the manner in which you have seen him go to heaven. 3 [1:12]Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mountain called [the Mount] of Olives, which is near Jerusalem, a sabbath day's journey [distant]. [1:13]And when they came, they went up into the upper room where staid Peter and John, and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alpheus and Simon the Zealot, and Judas the [brother] of James. [1:14]All these continued with one accord in prayer, with the women, and with Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.