Acts 1 in the early church
500 passages quote, allude to, or echo Acts 1, grouped by verse; passages on the same verse are in date order. Verse text from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). References use the Protestant English Bible's numbering, with a writer's own numbering in brackets where it differs.
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Acts 1 as a whole
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acts 1–Acts:28 | Canon 60 · Anonymous | allusion, high confidence | ca. 343–381 |
| Acts 1–Acts:28 | Canon 47 · Anonymous | allusion, high confidence | 397 |
Acts 1:1
In my first book, O Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach,
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acts 1:1 | Lines 31–40 · Anonymous | allusion, high confidence | late 2nd or 4th century (disputed) |
| Acts 1:1 | Long recension, Ephesians 13 · Anonymous | allusion, high confidence | later 4th century (probable) |
| Acts 1:1 | To the Bishops of Egypt 1 · Athanasius of Alexandria | allusion, high confidence | ca. 356 |
| Acts 1:1–2 | Moral Rules (Moralia) 70 · Basil of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | ca. 360-370 |
| Acts 1:1 | Letter 64.1 · Jerome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |
| Acts 1:1 | Letter 127.4 · Jerome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |
| Acts 1:1 | Apostolic Constitutions 2.6.6 · Anonymous | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Acts 1:1–8 | Against the Epistle of Manichaeus Called Fundamental 9 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 396–397 |
| Acts 1:1 | The Harmony of the Gospels 4.9 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 399–400 |
| Acts 1:1–26 | Against Felix the Manichaean 1.4 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | December 404 |
| Acts 1:1 | Sermon 167 · Peter Chrysologus | quotation, high confidence | ca. 425-450 |
| Acts 1:1 | The Conferences 9.17 · John Cassian | quotation, high confidence | ca. 426–429 |
| Acts 1:1 | The Conferences 14.9 · John Cassian | quotation, high confidence | ca. 426–429 |
Acts 1:2
until the day He was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles He had chosen.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acts 1:2 | The Harmony of the Gospels 4.9 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 399–400 |
Acts 1:3
After His suffering, He presented Himself to them with many convincing proofs that He was alive. He appeared to them over a span of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God.
Acts 1:4
And while they were gathered together, He commanded them: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift the Father promised, which you have heard Me discuss.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acts 1:4–5 | On Rebaptism 2 · Anonymous | quotation, high confidence | ca. 250–258 (disputed) |
| Acts 1:4 | Prophetic Extracts 3.3 · Eusebius of Caesarea | allusion, medium confidence | before 325 (probably ca. 310–320) |
| Acts 1:4 | Prophetic Extracts 3.46 · Eusebius of Caesarea | allusion, high confidence | before 325 (probably ca. 310–320) |
| Acts 1:4 | On the Trinity 8.30 · Hilary of Poitiers | quotation, high confidence | ca. 356–360 |
| Acts 1:4 | Letters to Serapion 1.6 · Athanasius of Alexandria | quotation, high confidence | ca. 357–360 |
| Acts 1:4 | Oration 41.5 · Gregory of Nazianzus | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 362–383 |
| Acts 1:4–5 | Letter 120.9 · Jerome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |
| Acts 1:4 | Ancoratus 69.8 · Epiphanius of Salamis | quotation, high confidence | 374 |
| Acts 1:4 | Sermon 80.5 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 391-430 |
| Acts 1:4 | Sermon 265.8 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 391-430 |
| Acts 1:4 | Sermon 365.4 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 391-430 |
| Acts 1:4 | Against Faustus the Manichaean 13.17 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 398–400 |
| Acts 1:4 | Tractates on the Gospel of John 122.8 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 406–420 |
| Acts 1:4 | On the Spirit and the Letter 29 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | 412 |
| Acts 1:4 | Sermon 132 · Peter Chrysologus | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 425-450 |
Acts 1:5
For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acts 1:5 | Homily on Luke 24 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 233–250 |
| Acts 1:5 | Against Celsus 7.51 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 248 |
| Acts 1:5 | On Rebaptism 19 · Anonymous | quotation, high confidence | ca. 250–258 (disputed) |
| Acts 1:5 | Recognitions 3.11 · Anonymous | allusion, medium confidence | Greek original 3rd–4th century; Rufinus's Latin translation before 407 |
| Acts 1:5 | Demonstration 12.10 · Aphrahat | quotation, high confidence | 337-345 |
| Acts 1:5 | On Ecclesiastical Theology 3.5.14 · Eusebius of Caesarea | allusion, high confidence | ca. 337–339 |
| Acts 1:5 | Catechetical Lecture 17.14 · Cyril of Jerusalem | quotation, high confidence | ca. 350 |
| Acts 1:5 | On the Trinity 8.30 · Hilary of Poitiers | quotation, high confidence | ca. 356–360 |
| Acts 1:5 | Against Arius 3.16 · Marius Victorinus | quotation, high confidence | ca. 357–362 |
| Acts 1:5 | Question 93, section 1 · Ambrosiaster | quotation, high confidence | ca. 370–384 |
| Acts 1:5 | On the Holy Spirit 12.28 · Basil of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | ca. 374–375 |
| Acts 1:5 | Letter 265.3 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 386–430 |
| Acts 1:5 | Sermon 71.19 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 391-430 |
Acts 1:6
So when they came together, they asked Him, “Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?”
Acts 1:7
Jesus replied, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by His own authority.
Acts 1:8
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
Acts 1:9
After He had said this, they watched as He was taken up, and a cloud hid Him from their sight.
Acts 1:10
They were looking intently into the sky as He was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acts 1:10 | Commentary on Matthew, Latin Series 50 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 244–249 (Latin translation, 4th–5th century) |
| Acts 1:10 | Prophetic Extracts 3.44 · Eusebius of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | before 325 (probably ca. 310–320) |
| Acts 1:10–11 | Demonstration of the Gospel 6.18.24 · Eusebius of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | ca. 314–324 |
| Acts 1:10 | Against Arius 3.16 · Marius Victorinus | quotation, high confidence | ca. 357–362 |
| Acts 1:10 | Panarion (Adversus Haereses), Haer. 1-64 44.3.9 · Epiphanius of Salamis | allusion, high confidence | 374-377 |
| Acts 1:10 | Panarion (Adversus Haereses), Haer. 1-64 48.8.2 · Epiphanius of Salamis | allusion, high confidence | 374-377 |
| Acts 1:10 | Panarion (Adversus Haereses), Haer. 1-64 62.6.8 · Epiphanius of Salamis | allusion, high confidence | 374-377 |
| Acts 1:10 | Sermon 265.2 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 391-430 |
| Acts 1:10 | Tractates on the Gospel of John 94.3 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 406–420 |
Acts 1:11
“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.”
Acts 1:12
Then they returned to Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, which is near the city, a Sabbath day’s journey away.
Acts 1:13
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.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acts 1:13 | Homilies on Jeremiah 19.13 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 240 |
| Acts 1:13–14 | Against Celsus 8.22 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 248 |
| Acts 1:13 | Catechetical Lecture 16.4 · Cyril of Jerusalem | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 350 |
| Acts 1:13 | Letter 240 · Basil of Caesarea | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 357–378 |
| Acts 1:13 | Oration 41.13 · Gregory of Nazianzus | allusion, high confidence | ca. 362–383 |
| Acts 1:13 | Against Auxentius 3 · Hilary of Poitiers | allusion, low confidence | 364–365 |
| Acts 1:13 | Homilies on Matthew 73.3 · John Chrysostom | allusion, high confidence | ca. 390 |
| Acts 1:13 | Sermon 266.5 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 391-430 |
Acts 1:14
With one accord they all continued in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers.
Acts 1:15
In those days Peter stood up among the brothers (a gathering of about a hundred and twenty) and said,
Acts 1:16
“Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled that the Holy Spirit foretold through the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide for those who arrested Jesus.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acts 1:16 | Fragments on Genesis, column 55 · Origen | echo, low confidence | ca. 220-254 |
| Acts 1:16 | Commentary on Romans 7.8 · Origen | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406) |
| Acts 1:16 | Letters to Serapion 1.31 · Athanasius of Alexandria | quotation, high confidence | ca. 357–360 |
| Acts 1:16 | Letters to Serapion 3.5 · Athanasius of Alexandria | quotation, high confidence | ca. 357–360 |
| Acts 1:16 | On the Holy Spirit 3 · Didymus the Blind | quotation, high confidence | Greek ca. 360-390; Latin 387-391 |
| Acts 1:16 | On the Holy Spirit 29 · Didymus the Blind | quotation, high confidence | Greek ca. 360-390; Latin 387-391 |
Acts 1:17
He was one of our number and shared in this ministry.”
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acts 1:17 | Commentary on Romans 9:11–13 · Ambrosiaster | quotation, high confidence | ca. 366–384 |
| Acts 1:17 | Apostolic Constitutions 2.14.8 · Anonymous | allusion, high confidence | ca. 380 |
Acts 1:18
(Now with the reward for his wickedness Judas bought a field; there he fell headlong and burst open in the middle, and all his intestines spilled out.
Acts 1:19
This became known to all who lived in Jerusalem, so they called that field in their own language Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood.)
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acts 1:19 | The Harmony of the Gospels 3.28 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 399–400 |
Acts 1:20
“For it is written in the book of Psalms: ‘May his place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in it,’ and, ‘May another take his position.’
Acts 1:21
Therefore it is necessary to choose one of the men who have accompanied us the whole time the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acts 1:21–26 | Demonstration of the Gospel 10.3.4 · Eusebius of Caesarea | allusion, high confidence | ca. 314–324 |
| Acts 1:21 | Tractates on the Gospel of John 64.1 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 406–420 |
Acts 1:22
beginning from John’s baptism until the day Jesus was taken up from us. For one of these must become a witness with us of His resurrection.”
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acts 1:22 | Catechetical Lecture 4.12 · Cyril of Jerusalem | echo, medium confidence | ca. 350 |
Acts 1:23
So they proposed two men: Joseph called Barsabbas (also known as Justus) and Matthias.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acts 1:23 | Homilies on Joshua 23.2 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Acts 1:23–26 | Church History 1.12.3 · Eusebius of Caesarea | allusion, high confidence | ca. 300–325 |
| Acts 1:23–24 | Church History 3.39.10 · Eusebius of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | ca. 300–325 |
| Acts 1:23–26 | Moral Rules (Moralia) 70 · Basil of Caesarea | quotation, high confidence | ca. 360-370 |
Acts 1:24
And they prayed, “Lord, You know everyone’s heart. Show us which of these two You have chosen
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acts 1:24 | Miscellanies 5.14.96 · Clement of Alexandria | echo, medium confidence | ca. 198–203 |
| Acts 1:24 | Miscellanies 6.12.101 · Clement of Alexandria | echo, medium confidence | ca. 198–203 |
| Acts 1:24 | Apostolic Tradition 3 · Hippolytus of Rome | echo, medium confidence | early third century |
| Acts 1:24 | PG 12:1305 (Ps 32 LXX) · Origen | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 220-254 |
| Acts 1:24 | Homilies on Joshua 9.2 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Acts 1:24 | Homilies on Joshua 23.2 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Acts 1:24 | Apostolic Constitutions 8.5.3 · Anonymous | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 380 |
Acts 1:25
to take up this ministry and apostleship, which Judas abandoned to go to his rightful place.”
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acts 1:25 | To the Magnesians 5.1 · Ignatius of Antioch | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 110 (range ca. 105–135) |
| Acts 1:25 | Long recension, Magnesians 5 · Anonymous | allusion, medium confidence | later 4th century (probable) |
| Acts 1:25 | Panarion (Adversus Haereses), Haer. 1-64 38.8.4 · Epiphanius of Salamis | quotation, high confidence | 374-377 |
| Acts 1:25 | Letter 204.2 · Augustine of Hippo | echo, medium confidence | ca. 386–430 |
| Acts 1:25 | Sermon 125.5 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 391-430 |
| Acts 1:25 | Celestine, ACO I.2, letter 25.4 · Celestine I, bishop of Rome | allusion, high confidence | 430-432 |
Acts 1:26
Then they cast lots, and the lot fell to Matthias. So he was added to the eleven apostles.