concludesthat they must elect another to take his place because it is written in the book of Psalms, ‘Let his homestead become desolate, and let there be no one to live in it’; and ‘Let another take his position of overseer’ (1:20). However, this seems less impressive when it is noted that the first phrase comes from Psalm 69:25 and the second from Psalm 109:8, neither of which have any obvious connection with Judas. The point is that we are always dealing with an interpreted text. There is no obvious connection