Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

¹² Then they left the hill called the Mount of Olives. They went back to Jerusalem which was not far away. (It was how far the law said people may walk on the Sabbath day.)

¹³ When they reached Jerusalem, they went to a room up in a house. Here lived Peter and John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alpheus, and Simon the freedom fighter, and Judas the son of James.

¹⁴ All of these people were talking to God. The women, Jesus' mother Mary, and Jesus' brothers were there talking to God also.

¹⁵ About one hundred and twenty people were gathered together. Peter stood up among them to speak to them.

¹⁶ He said, `My friends and brothers, Judas showed the people where Jesus was so they could take him. The Holy Spirit spoke through king David long ago about Judas before he did it. What was written about him has now happened.

¹⁷ Judas was one of us. He had his part of the work to do.' (

²¹ `Here are men who have been with us all the time that the Lord Jesus was with us.

²² They were with us from the time John baptised people until the day Jesus was taken up from us. One of these men must help us tell people that Jesus was raised from death.'

²³ They took two men. One was Joseph, named Barsabbas, who had another name Justus. The other man was Matthias.

^24-25 Then the people talked to God. They said, `Lord, you know what is in everybody's heart. Show us which of these two men you have chosen to have a part in this work and to be an apostle. For Judas left this work and went to the place where he belonged.'

²⁶ Then they picked out the name of Matthias. He was chosen to be with the eleven apostles.