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

14. They all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with some of the 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 people): 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 acquired the earth with an unrighteous reward, and when he was cast down, his belly was split open, and all his intestines fell out;

19. and this became known to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the land in their native language is called Akeldama, 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 was dwelling and dealing with us,

22. from the baptism of John until the day on which he ascended from us, he was with us a witness of his resurrection.

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

24. and they prayed and said, "You, Lord, the Knower of the hearts of all, show me one of these two whom you have chosen

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

26. And they cast lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias, and he is numbered among the eleven apostles.