¹⁵During this time there was a meeting of the believers (about one hundred twenty of them). Peter stood up and said, ^16–17“Brothers and sisters, in the Scriptures the Holy Spirit said through David something that must happen involving Judas. He was one of our own group and served together with us. He led those who arrested Jesus.” ¹⁸(Judas bought a field with the money he got for his evil act. But he fell to his death, his body burst open, and all his intestines poured out. ¹⁹Everyone in Jerusalem learned about this so they named this place Akeldama. In their language Akeldama means “Field of Blood.”) ²⁰“In the Book of Psalms,” Peter said, “this is written:

‘May his place be empty;

leave no one to live in it.’

And it is also written:

‘Let another man replace him as leader.’

^21–22“So now a man must become a witness with us of Jesus’ being raised from the dead. He must be one of the men who were part of our group during all the time the Lord Jesus was among us—from the time John was baptizing people until the day Jesus was taken up from us to heaven.”

²³They put the names of two men before the group. One was Joseph Barsabbas, who was also called Justus. The other was Matthias. ^24–25The apostles prayed, “Lord, you know the thoughts of everyone. Show us which one of these two you have chosen to do this work. Show us who should be an apostle in place of Judas, who turned away and went where he belongs.” ²⁶Then they used lots to choose between them, and the lots showed that Matthias was the one. So he became an apostle with the other eleven.

Read in Logos

Acts 1:24: And they prayed and said, “You, Lord, who know the hearts of all, show which one of these two you have chosen …”