Acts 1:14–26

^14yThese all continued with one ⁴accord in prayer ⁵and supplication, with ^zthe women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with ^aHis brothers.

Matthias Chosen

¹⁵And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the ⁶disciples (altogether the number ^bof names was about a hundred and twenty), and said, ¹⁶“Men and brethren, this Scripture had to be fulfilled, ^cwhich the Holy Spirit spoke before by the mouth of David concerning Judas, ^dwho became a guide to those who arrested Jesus; ¹⁷for ^ehe was numbered with us and obtained a part in ^fthis ministry.”

^18g(Now this man purchased a field with ^hthe ⁷wages of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst open in the middle and all his ⁸entrails gushed out. ¹⁹And it became known to all those dwelling in Jerusalem; so that field is called in their own language, Akel Dama, that is, Field of Blood.)

²⁰“For it is written in the Book of Psalms:

ⁱ‘Let his dwelling place be ⁹desolate,

And let no one live in it’;

and,

^j‘Let another take his ¹office.’

²¹“Therefore, of these men who have accompanied us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, ²²beginning from the baptism of John to that day when ^kHe was taken up from us, one of these must ^lbecome a witness with us of His resurrection.”

²³And they proposed two: Joseph called ^mBarsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias. ²⁴And they prayed and said, “You, O Lord, ⁿwho know the hearts of all, show which of these two You have chosen ^25oto take part in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.” ²⁶And they cast their lots, and the lot fell on Matthias. And he was numbered with the eleven apostles.