Acts 1:13-15

Contemporary English Version

Someone To Take the Place of Judas

^12-13^(A) The Mount of Olives was about a kilometer from Jerusalem. The apostles who had gone there were Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon, known as the Eager One,^[a] and Judas the son of James.

After the apostles returned to the city, they went upstairs to the room where they had been staying.

¹⁴The apostles often met together and prayed with a single purpose in mind.^[b] The women and Mary the mother of Jesus would meet with them, and so would his brothers. ¹⁵One day there were about 120 of the Lord's followers meeting together, and Peter stood up to speak to them.

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Footnotes

1.12,13 known as the Eager One: The Greek text has “Zealot,” a name later given to the members of a Jewish group that resisted and fought against the Romans.
1.14 met together and prayed with a single purpose in mind: Or “met together in a special place for prayer.”