Acts 1:14–26

¹⁴All these ^fwith one accord ^gwere devoting themselves to prayer, together with ^hthe women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and ⁱhis brothers.³

¹⁵In those days Peter stood up among ^jthe brothers (the company of persons was in all about 120) and said, ¹⁶“Brothers, ^kthe Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand by the mouth of David concerning Judas, ^lwho became a guide to those who arrested Jesus. ¹⁷For ^mhe was numbered among us and was allotted his share in ⁿthis ministry.” ¹⁸(Now this man ^oacquired a field with ^pthe reward of his wickedness, and falling headlong⁴ he burst open in the middle and all his bowels gushed out. ¹⁹And it became known to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the field was called ^qin their own language Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood.) ²⁰“For it is written in the Book of Psalms,

^r“ ‘May his camp become desolate,

and let there be no one to dwell in it’;

and

^s“ ‘Let another take his office.’

²¹So one of the men who have accompanied us during ^tall the time that the Lord Jesus ^uwent in and out among us, ^22vbeginning from the baptism of John until the day when ^whe was taken up from us—one of these men must become with us ^xa witness to his resurrection.” ²³And they put forward two, Joseph called ^yBarsabbas, who was also called ^zJustus, and ^aMatthias. ²⁴And ^bthey prayed and said, “You, Lord, ^cwho know the hearts of all, show which one of these two you have chosen ²⁵to take the place in ^dthis ministry and ^eapostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place.” ²⁶And they cast lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.