Acts 1: 15 - 17, 20 - 26
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In those days Peter stood up among the brethren (the company of persons was in all about a hundred and twenty), and said,
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| 16
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"Brethren, the scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand by the mouth of David, concerning Judas who was guide to those who arrested Jesus.
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| 17
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For he was numbered among us, and was allotted his share in this ministry.
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| 20
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For it is written in the book of Psalms, `Let his habitation become desolate, and let there be no one to live in it'; and `His office let another take.'
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| 21
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So one of the men who have accompanied us during all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
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| 22
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beginning from the baptism of John until the day when he was taken up from us -- one of these men must become with us a witness to his resurrection."
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| 23
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And they put forward two, Joseph called Barsab'bas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthi'as.
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| 24
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And they prayed and said, "Lord, who knowest the hearts of all men, show which one of these two thou hast chosen
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| 25
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to take the place in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside, to go to his own place."
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| 26
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And they cast lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthi'as; and he was enrolled with the eleven apostles. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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