13 And when they had come, they went up into the upper room, where they dwelt, Peter and James, John and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas the brother of James.

14 They all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with certain women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.

15 And in those days Peter stood in the midst of the disciples, and said

16 (and there was a congregation of about a hundred and twenty men): Men, brethren! It was necessary to fulfill what the Holy Spirit had prophesied in the Scriptures through the mouth of David concerning Judas, the former leader of those who took Jesus;

17 He was numbered among us, and received the lot of this ministry;

18 but he hath acquired the earth with an unrighteous reward, and when he was cast down, his belly was split, and all his intestines fell out.

19 and this became known to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the land was called Akeldama in their native tongue, that is, the land of blood.

20 And in the book of Psalms it is written, Let his court be desolate, and let there be no one who dwells in it. and let another take his dignity.

21 Therefore it is necessary that one of those who were with us all the time that the Lord Jesus dwelt and dealt with us,

22 From the baptism of John until the day in which he was taken up from us, he was with us a witness of his resurrection.

23 And they appointed two: Joseph, who was called Barsabbas, who was called Justus, and Matthias;

24 and they prayed, and said, Thou art the Lord, the Knower of the Hearts of all, shew one of these two, whom thou hast chosen

25 to accept the lot of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas fell away, to go to his own place.

Chapter 2