Acts:1:12-26

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* Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet , which is near Jerusalem , a Sabbath day 's journey . * And when they had entered , they went up into the upper room where they were staying : Peter , James , John , and Andrew ; Philip and Thomas ; Bartholomew and Matthew ; James the son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot ; and Judas the son of James . * These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication , with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus , and with His brothers . * And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples (altogether the number of names was about a hundred and twenty ), and said , * "Men and brethren , this Scripture had to be fulfilled , which the Holy Spirit spoke before by the mouth of David concerning Judas , who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus ; * for he was numbered with us and obtained a part in this ministry ." * (Now this man purchased a field with the wages of iniquity ; and falling headlong , he burst open in the middle and all his entrails gushed out . * And 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 .) * "For it is written in the Book of Psalms : "Let his dwelling place be desolate , And let no one live in it '; and , "Let another take his office .' * "Therefore , of these men who have accompanied us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us , * beginning from the baptism of John to that day when He was taken up from us , one of these must become a witness with us of His resurrection ." * And they proposed two : Joseph called Barsabas , who was surnamed Justus , and Matthias . * And they prayed and said , "You , O Lord , who know the hearts of all , show which of these two You have chosen * to take part in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas by transgression fell , that he might go to his own place ." * And they cast their lots , and the lot fell on Matthias . And he was numbered with the eleven apostles .

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