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Acts 1:13

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11 “Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen Him go into heaven.”

12 Then they returned to Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, which is near the city, a Sabbath day’s journey away.

When they arrived, they went to the upper room where they were staying: Peter and John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James.

14 With one accord they all continued in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers.

15 In those days Peter stood up among the brothers (a gathering of about a hundred and twenty) and said,

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BSB
When they arrived, they went to the upper room where they were staying: Peter and John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James.
KJV
And 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.
WEB
When they had come in, they went up into the upper room where they were staying, that is Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of James.
ASV
And when they were come in, they went up into the upper chamber, where they were abiding; both 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.
DARBY
And when they were come into [the city], they went up to the upper chamber, where were staying both Peter, and John, and James, and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James [son] of Alphaeus, and Simon the zealot, and Jude [the brother] of James.
BLB
And when they had entered, they went up into the upper room where they were staying, both Peter and John, and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James [son] of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot, and Judas [son] of James.
ÅB
Og da de var kommet dit, gikk de opp på den sal hvor de holdt til både Peter og Johannes, og Jakob og Andreas, Filip og Tomas, Bartolomeus og Matteus, Jakob, Alfeus' sønn, og Simon ivreren og Judas, Jakobs sønn;
OTB
Da de kom dit, gikk de opp til rommet hvor de bodde. De som var til stede var Peter, Johannes, Jakob og Andreas; Filip og Tomas, Bartolomeus og Matteus; Jakob, sønn av Alfeus, Simon seloten, og Judas, sønn av Jakob.
B1930
Og da de var kommet dit, gikk de op på den sal hvor de holdt til både Peter og Johannes, og Jakob og Andreas, Filip og Tomas, Bartolomeus og Matteus, Jakob, Alfeus' sønn, og Simon ivreren og Judas, Jakobs sønn;

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  • Acts 20:8

    Now there were many lamps in the upper room where we were gathered.

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  • Luke 22:12

    And he will show you a large upper room, already furnished. Make preparations there.”

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  • Mark 14:15

    And he will show you a large upper room, furnished and ready. Make preparations for us there.”

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  • Matthew 10:2–4

    These are the names of the twelve apostles: first Simon, called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John;

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  • Mark 2:14

    As He was walking along, He saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him, and Levi got up and followed Him.

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  • Acts 10:9–33

    The next day at about the sixth hour, as the men were approaching the city on their journey, Peter went up on the roof to pray.

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  • Revelation 1:1–3

    This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John,

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  • James 1:1

    James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes of the Dispersion: Greetings.

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