Acts 1:15-25

¹⁵In those days Peter stood up in the midst of the brothers, about 120 people, and said,

¹⁶“Brothers, it was necessary that the scripture should be fulfilled, that the Holy Spirit spoke before by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who guided the ones who arrested Jesus.

¹⁷For he was one of us and received his share of the benefits of this ministry.”

¹⁸(Now this man bought a field with the earnings he received for his wickedness, and there he fell headfirst, and his body burst open, and all his intestines poured out.

¹⁹All those living in Jerusalem heard about this, so they called that field in their language “Akeldama,” that is, “Field of Blood.”)

²⁰“For it is written in the Book of Psalms, 'Let his field be made desolate, and do not let even one person live there'; 'Let someone else take his position of leadership.'

²¹It is necessary, therefore, that one of the men who accompanied us all the time the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,

²²beginning from the baptism of John to the day that he was taken up from us, must be a witness with us of his resurrection.”

²³They put forward two men, Joseph called Barsabbas, who was also named Justus, and Matthias.

²⁴They prayed and said, “You, Lord, know the hearts of all people, so reveal which of these two is the one whom you have chosen

²⁵to take the place in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned away to go to his own place.”