Prologue
(Luke 1:1–4)

1 Τὸν (The) μὲν (indeed) πρῶτον (first) λόγον (account) ἐποιησάμην (I made) περὶ (concerning) πάντων (all the things), ὦ (O) Θεόφιλε (Theophilus), ὧν (that) ἤρξατο (began) ὁ (-) Ἰησοῦς (Jesus) ποιεῖν (to do) τε (both) καὶ (and) διδάσκειν (to teach), 2 ἄχρι (until) ἧς (in which) ἡμέρας (day) ἐντειλάμενος (having given commands) τοῖς (to the) ἀποστόλοις (apostles) διὰ (through) Πνεύματος (Spirit) Ἁγίου (the Holy) οὓς (whom) ἐξελέξατο (He chose) ἀνελήμφθη (He was taken up)· 3 οἷς (to whom) καὶ (also) παρέστησεν (He presented) ἑαυτὸν (Himself) ζῶντα (alive) μετὰ (after) τὸ (the) παθεῖν (suffering) αὐτὸν (of Him) ἐν (with) πολλοῖς (many) τεκμηρίοις (convincing proofs), δι’ (through) ἡμερῶν (days) τεσσεράκοντα (forty) ὀπτανόμενος (being seen) αὐτοῖς (by them) καὶ (and) λέγων (speaking) τὰ (the things) περὶ (concerning) τῆς (the) βασιλείας (kingdom) τοῦ (-) Θεοῦ (of God)·

4 Καὶ (And) συναλιζόμενος (being assembled together) παρήγγειλεν (He instructed) αὐτοῖς (them) ἀπὸ (from) Ἱεροσολύμων (Jerusalem) μὴ (not) χωρίζεσθαι (to depart), ἀλλὰ (but) περιμένειν (to await) τὴν (the) ἐπαγγελίαν (promise) τοῦ (of the) Πατρὸς (Father)· Ἣν (That which) ἠκούσατέ (you⁺ heard) μου (of Me)· 5 ὅτι (for) Ἰωάννης (John) μὲν (indeed) ἐβάπτισεν (baptized) ὕδατι (with water), ὑμεῖς (you⁺) δὲ (however) ἐν (with) Πνεύματι (the Spirit) βαπτισθήσεσθε (will be baptized) Ἁγίῳ (Holy) οὐ (not) μετὰ (after) πολλὰς (many) ταύτας (these) ἡμέρας (days).

The Ascension
(Mark 16:19–20; Luke 24:50–53)

6 Οἱ (Those) μὲν (indeed) οὖν (therefore) συνελθόντες (having come together) ἠρώτων (were asking) αὐτὸν (Him) λέγοντες (saying)· Κύριε (Lord), εἰ (-) ἐν (at) τῷ (-) χρόνῳ (time) τούτῳ (this) ἀποκαθιστάνεις (do You restore) τὴν (the) βασιλείαν (kingdom) τῷ (-) Ἰσραήλ (to Israel)?

7 Εἶπεν (He said) δὲ (now) πρὸς (to) αὐτούς (them)· Οὐχ (Not) ὑμῶν (yours⁺) ἐστιν (it is) γνῶναι (to know) χρόνους (times) ἢ (or) καιροὺς (seasons) οὓς (that) ὁ (the) Πατὴρ (Father) ἔθετο (set) ἐν (by) τῇ (-) ἰδίᾳ (His own) ἐξουσίᾳ (authority), 8 ἀλλὰ (But) λήμψεσθε (you⁺ will receive) δύναμιν (power) ἐπελθόντος (on the having come) τοῦ (of the) Ἁγίου (Holy) Πνεύματος (Spirit) ἐφ’ (upon) ὑμᾶς (you⁺), καὶ (and) ἔσεσθέ (you⁺ will be) μου (My) μάρτυρες (witnesses) ἔν (in) τε (both) Ἰερουσαλὴμ (Jerusalem) καὶ (and) ἐν (in) πάσῃ (all) τῇ (-) Ἰουδαίᾳ (Judea) καὶ (and) Σαμαρείᾳ (Samaria) καὶ (and) ἕως (to) ἐσχάτου (the end) τῆς (of the) γῆς (earth).

9 Καὶ (And) ταῦτα (these things) εἰπὼν (having said) βλεπόντων (looking on) αὐτῶν (in their) ἐπήρθη (He was lifted up), καὶ (and) νεφέλη (a cloud) ὑπέλαβεν (took) αὐτὸν (Him) ἀπὸ (from) τῶν (the) ὀφθαλμῶν (eyes) αὐτῶν (of them). 10 καὶ (And) ὡς (as) ἀτενίζοντες (looking intently) ἦσαν (they were) εἰς (into) τὸν (-) οὐρανὸν (heaven) πορευομένου (going) αὐτοῦ (in His), καὶ (then) ἰδοὺ (behold) ἄνδρες (men) δύο (two) παρειστήκεισαν (stood by) αὐτοῖς (them) ἐν (in) ἐσθήσεσι (apparel) λευκαῖς (white), 11 οἳ (who) καὶ (also) εἶπαν (said)· Ἄνδρες (Men) Γαλιλαῖοι (Galileans), τί (why) ἑστήκατε (do you⁺ stand) βλέποντες (looking) εἰς (into) τὸν (-) οὐρανόν (heaven)? οὗτος (This) ὁ (-) Ἰησοῦς (Jesus) ὁ (-) ἀναλημφθεὶς (having been taken up) ἀφ’ (from) ὑμῶν (you⁺) εἰς (into) τὸν (-) οὐρανὸν (heaven) οὕτως (thus) ἐλεύσεται (will come) ὃν (in that) τρόπον (manner) ἐθεάσασθε (you⁺ saw) αὐτὸν (Him) πορευόμενον (going) εἰς (into) τὸν (-) οὐρανόν (heaven).

Matthias Replaces Judas

12 Τότε (Then) ὑπέστρεψαν (they returned) εἰς (to) Ἰερουσαλὴμ (Jerusalem) ἀπὸ (from) ὄρους (the mount) τοῦ (-) καλουμένου (called) Ἐλαιῶνος (Olivet), ὅ (which) ἐστιν (is) ἐγγὺς (near) Ἰερουσαλὴμ (Jerusalem) σαββάτου (a Sabbath’s) ἔχον (holding) ὁδόν (journey). 13 καὶ (And) ὅτε (when) εἰσῆλθον (they had entered), εἰς (into) τὸ (the) ὑπερῷον (upper room) ἀνέβησαν (they went up) οὗ (where) ἦσαν (they were) καταμένοντες (staying), ὅ (-) τε (both) Πέτρος (Peter) καὶ (and) Ἰωάννης (John) καὶ (and) Ἰάκωβος (James) καὶ (and) Ἀνδρέας (Andrew), Φίλιππος (Philip) καὶ (and) Θωμᾶς (Thomas), Βαρθολομαῖος (Bartholomew) καὶ (and) Μαθθαῖος (Matthew), Ἰάκωβος (James son) Ἁλφαίου (of Alphaeus) καὶ (and) Σίμων (Simon) ὁ (the) Ζηλωτὴς (Zealot) καὶ (and) Ἰούδας (Judas son) Ἰακώβου (of James). 14 οὗτοι (These) πάντες (all) ἦσαν (were) προσκαρτεροῦντες (steadfastly continuing) ὁμοθυμαδὸν (with one accord) τῇ (-) προσευχῇ (in prayer) σὺν (with) γυναιξὶν (the women) καὶ (and) Μαριὰμ (Mary) τῇ (the) μητρὶ (mother) τοῦ (-) Ἰησοῦ (of Jesus) καὶ (and) σὺν (with) τοῖς (the) ἀδελφοῖς (brothers) αὐτοῦ (of Him).

15 Καὶ (And) ἐν (in) ταῖς (-) ἡμέραις (days) ταύταις (these) ἀναστὰς (having risen up) Πέτρος (Peter) ἐν (in) μέσῳ (the midst) τῶν (of the) ἀδελφῶν (brothers) εἶπεν (he said)· ἦν (was) τε (then) ὄχλος (the multitude) ὀνομάτων (of names) ἐπὶ (at) τὸ (the) αὐτὸ (same place) ὡσεὶ (about) ἑκατὸν (a hundred) εἴκοσι (twenty)· 16 Ἄνδρες (Men) ἀδελφοί (brothers), ἔδει (it was necessary) πληρωθῆναι (to have been fulfilled) τὴν (the) γραφὴν (Scripture) ἣν (that) προεῖπεν (spoke beforehand) τὸ (the) Πνεῦμα (Spirit) τὸ (-) Ἅγιον (Holy) διὰ (by) στόματος (the mouth) Δαυὶδ (of David) περὶ (concerning) Ἰούδα (Judas) τοῦ (the one) γενομένου (having become) ὁδηγοῦ (guide) τοῖς (to those) συλλαβοῦσιν (having arrested) Ἰησοῦν (Jesus), 17 ὅτι (for) κατηριθμημένος (numbered) ἦν (he was) ἐν (among) ἡμῖν (us) καὶ (and) ἔλαχεν (was allotted) τὸν (the) κλῆρον (share) τῆς (the) διακονίας (ministry) ταύτης (of this).

18 Οὗτος (This man) μὲν (indeed) οὖν (then) ἐκτήσατο (acquired) χωρίον (a field) ἐκ (out of) μισθοῦ (the reward) τῆς (-) ἀδικίας (of unrighteousness), καὶ (and) πρηνὴς (headlong) γενόμενος (having fallen) ἐλάκησεν (he burst open) μέσος (in the middle), καὶ (and) ἐξεχύθη (poured out) πάντα (all) τὰ (the) σπλάγχνα (intestines) αὐτοῦ (of him)· 19 καὶ (And) γνωστὸν (known) ἐγένετο (it became) πᾶσι (to all) τοῖς (those) κατοικοῦσιν (dwelling) Ἰερουσαλήμ (in Jerusalem), ὥστε (so that) κληθῆναι (was called) τὸ (the) χωρίον (field) ἐκεῖνο (that) τῇ (in the) ἰδίᾳ (own) διαλέκτῳ (language) αὐτῶν (of them) Ἁκελδαμάχ (Akeldama), τοῦτ’ (that) ἔστιν (is) Χωρίον (Field) αἵματος (of Blood).

20 Γέγραπται (It has been written) γὰρ (for) ἐν (in) βίβλῳ (the book) Ψαλμῶν (of Psalms)·

Γενηθήτω (Let become) ἡ (the) ἔπαυλις (homestead) αὐτοῦ (of him) ἔρημος (desolate)

καὶ (and) μὴ (not) ἔστω (let there be) ὁ (one) κατοικῶν (dwelling) ἐν (in) αὐτῇ (it),

Καί (and)·

Τὴν (The) ἐπισκοπὴν (oversight) αὐτοῦ (of him) λαβέτω (let take) ἕτερος (another).

21 Δεῖ (it is necessary) οὖν (therefore) τῶν (the) συνελθόντων (having accompanied) ἡμῖν (us) ἀνδρῶν (men) ἐν (in) παντὶ (all) χρόνῳ (the time) ᾧ (that) εἰσῆλθεν (came in) καὶ (and) ἐξῆλθεν (went out) ἐφ’ (among) ἡμᾶς (us) ὁ (the) Κύριος (Lord) Ἰησοῦς (Jesus), 22 ἀρξάμενος (having begun) ἀπὸ (from) τοῦ (the) βαπτίσματος (baptism) Ἰωάννου (of John) ἕως (until) τῆς (the) ἡμέρας (day) ἧς (in which) ἀνελήμφθη (He was taken up) ἀφ’ (from) ἡμῶν (us), μάρτυρα (a witness) τῆς (of the) ἀναστάσεως (resurrection) αὐτοῦ (of Him) σὺν (with) ἡμῖν (us) γενέσθαι (to become) ἕνα (one) τούτων (of these).

23 Καὶ (And) ἔστησαν (they set) δύο (two), Ἰωσὴφ (Joseph) τὸν (-) καλούμενον (called) Βαρσαββᾶν (Barsabbas), ὃς (who) ἐπεκλήθη (was called upon as) Ἰοῦστος (Justus), καὶ (and) Μαθθίαν (Matthias). 24 καὶ (And) προσευξάμενοι (having prayed) εἶπαν (they said)· Σὺ (You) Κύριε (Lord) καρδιογνῶστα (knower of the heart) πάντων (of all), ἀνάδειξον (show) ὃν (which) ἐξελέξω (You chose) ἐκ (of) τούτων (these) τῶν (-) δύο (two) ἕνα (one) 25 λαβεῖν (to take) τὸν (the) τόπον (place) τῆς (of the) διακονίας (ministry) ταύτης (this) καὶ (and) ἀποστολῆς (apostleship), ἀφ’ (from) ἧς (which) παρέβη (turned aside) Ἰούδας (Judas) πορευθῆναι (to go) εἰς (to) τὸν (his) τόπον (place) τὸν (-) ἴδιον (own).

26 καὶ (And) ἔδωκαν (they gave) κλήρους (lots) αὐτοῖς (for them), καὶ (and) ἔπεσεν (fell) ὁ (the) κλῆρος (lot) ἐπὶ (on) Μαθθίαν (Matthias), καὶ (and) συνκατεψηφίσθη (he was numbered) μετὰ (with) τῶν (the) ἕνδεκα (eleven) ἀποστόλων (apostles).