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12 Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount which is called Ol’i-vet, home of Olives, which is near to Jerusalem, about a mile away. 13 And after they had entered into the city, they went up into an upper room, where stayed Peter and John and James and Andrew, and also Philip and Thomas, and Matthew and Bar-thol’o-mew and James the son of Al-phæ’us, and Simon the zealot, and Judas the son of James. 14 These all continued together in prayer with one accord, with the women, and Mary the Mother of Jesus, and with his brothers. 15 And in those days Simon Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples (there were there a number of men, about a hundred and twenty), and said, 16 Men and brethren, it was proper that the scripture should be fulfilled, that which the Holy Spirit foretold by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who was guide to them that seized Jesus. 17 For he was numbered with us and had a lot # in this ministry. 18 He is the one who earned for himself a field with the price of sin; and falling headlong, he burst open in the midst and all his bowels gushed out. 19 And this very thing is known to all who dwell in Jerusalem; so that the field is called in the language of the country, Kha’kal- De’ma which is to say Ko-ri-ath’dem, the field of blood. 20 For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no one dwell in it; and let his duty be taken by another man. 21 It is necessary, therefore, that one of these men, who have been with us during all the time that our LORD Jesus went in and out among us, 22 Beginning from the baptism of John until the day he ascended from among us, become a partner with us as a witness of his resurrection. 23 So they appointed two: Joseph called Bar’sa-bas who was surnamed Justus, and Mat-thi’as. 24 And as they prayed, they said, O LORD, you know what is in the hearts of all men; show which of these two you choose, 25 That he may receive the lot to the ministry and apostleship, from which Judas has been relieved to go his own way. 26 Then they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Mat-thi’as; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles. Acts 1:12-26, Lamsa Bible. Public domain.
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