Acts 1:14–26

¹⁴These all with one mind ^awere continually devoting themselves to prayer, along with ^bthe women, and Mary the ^cmother of Jesus, and with His brothers.

¹⁵¹At this time Peter stood up in the midst of ^athe brethren (a gathering of about one hundred and twenty ²persons was there together), and said,

¹⁶“Brethren, ^athe Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit foretold by the mouth of David concerning Judas, ^bwho became a guide to those who arrested Jesus.

¹⁷“For he was ^acounted among us and received his share in ^bthis ministry.”

¹⁸(Now this man ^aacquired a field with ^bthe price of his wickedness, and falling headlong, he burst open in the middle and all his intestines gushed out.

¹⁹And it became known to all who were living in Jerusalem; so that in ^atheir own language that field was called Hakeldama, that is, Field of Blood.)

²⁰“For it is written in the book of Psalms,

‘^aLet his homestead be made desolate,

And let no one dwell in it’;

and,

‘^bLet another man take his ¹office.’

²¹“Therefore it is necessary that of the men who have accompanied us all the time that ^athe Lord Jesus went in and out ¹among us—

^22abeginning ¹with the baptism of John until the day that He ^bwas taken up from us—one of these must become a ^cwitness with us of His resurrection.”

²³So they put forward two men, Joseph called Barsabbas (who was also called Justus), and ^aMatthias.

²⁴And they ^aprayed and said, “You, Lord, ^bwho know the hearts of all men, show which one of these two You have chosen

²⁵to ¹occupy ^athis ministry and ^bapostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place.”

²⁶And they ^1adrew lots for them, and the lot fell ²to ^bMatthias; and he was ³added to ^cthe eleven apostles.