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katapi HOME Acts 1:12-26 - The Choice of Judas' Successor  Ac.1.12-26 (Jerusalem)

1 12 Then they returned to Jerusalem from the hill called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, no farther than a Sabbath day's journey. 1 13 Entering the city they went to the room upstairs where they were lodging: Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James. 1 14 All these were constantly at prayer together, and with them a group of women, including Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.

1 15 It was during this time that Peter stood up before the assembled brotherhood, about one hundred and twenty in all, and said: 1 16 'My friends, the prophecy in Scripture was bound to come true, which the Holy Spirit, through the mouth of David, uttered about Judas who acted as guide to those who arrested Jesus. 1 17 For he was one of our number and had his place in this ministry.' 1 18 (This Judas, be it noted, after buying a plot of land with the price of his villainy, fell forward on the ground, and burst open, so that his entrails poured out. 1 19 This became known to everyone in Jerusalem, and they named the property in their own language Akeldama, which means 'Blood Acre'.) 1 20 [ Ps.69.25, Ps.109.8. ] 'The text I have in mind', Peter continued, 'is in the Book of Psalms:

"Let his homestead fall desolate;
let there be none to inhabit it";
and again,
"Let another take over his charge."
1 21 Therefore one of those who bore us company all the while we had the Lord Jesus with us, coming and going, 1 22 from John's ministry of baptism until the day when he was taken up from us - one of those must now join us as a witness to his resurrection.'
1 23 Two names were put forward: Joseph, who was known as Barsabbas, and bore the added name of Justus; and Matthias. 1 24 Then they prayed and said, 'Thou, Lord, who knowest the hearts of all men, declare which of these two thou hast chosen 1 25 to receive this office of ministry and apostleship which Judas abandoned to go where he belonged.' 1 26 They drew lots and the lot fell on Matthias, who was then assigned a place among the twelve apostles.