Acts 1:12-26 ▼

12 then they returned to Jerusalem, from the mountain of olives, which is a sabbath-day's journey from it.

13 When they were arrived there, they went up into an upper room, where Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, Matthew, James the son of Alpheus, Simon the Zelot, and Judas the brother of James used to resort,

14 and unanimously persevere in prayer with the women, Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brethren being present.

15 At that time the disciples being assembled, to the number of about an hundred and twenty, Peter rose up in the midst of them,

16 and said, men and brethren, the prediction which the holy ghost made, by the mouth of David, concerning Judas, who was guide to those that seiz'd Jesus, must have been accomplished.

17 he was of our number, and shared in the functions of this ministry.

18 but after he had purchased a field with the reward of his iniquity, he fell down, his belly burst, and all his bowels gushed out:

19 a fact so generally known to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that they called the field in their tongue, Aceldema, that is to say, the field of blood.

20 for it is written in the book of psalms, "let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein:" and "let another take possession of his charge."

21 wherefore of those who have accompanied us all the time that the Lord Jesus convers'd among us,

22 from his baptism by John, to the day of his assumption, we should chuse one to be a witness with us of his resurrection.

23 accordingly they presented two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was sirnamed Justus, and Matthias, and they prayed,

24 saying, "thou Lord, who knowest the hearts of all men, show us which of these two thou hast chosen,

25 that he may be admitted to this apostolick ministry which Judas abandoned, to go to his own place."

26 and having drawn lots; the lot fell upon Matthias, who was added to the eleven apostles.