Acts 1:15-20

New King James Version

Matthias Chosen^(A)

¹⁵ And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the ^[a]disciples (altogether the number ^(B)of names was about a hundred and twenty), and said, ¹⁶ “Men and brethren, this Scripture had to be fulfilled, ^(C)which the Holy Spirit spoke before by the mouth of David concerning Judas, ^(D)who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus; ¹⁷ for ^(E)he was numbered with us and obtained a part in ^(F)this ministry.”

^18 (G)(Now this man purchased a field with ^(H)the ^[b]wages of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst open in the middle and all his ^[c]entrails gushed out. ¹⁹ 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.)

²⁰ “For it is written in the Book of Psalms:

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