15 One day there were about a hundred and twenty of the Lord's followers meeting together, and Peter stood up to speak to them.
16-17 He said:My friends, long ago by the power of the Holy Spirit, David said something about Judas, and what he said has now happened. Judas was one of us and had worked with us, but he brought the mob to arrest Jesus.
18 Then Judas bought some land with the money he was given for doing that evil thing. He fell head-first into the field. His body burst open, and all his insides came out.
19 When the people of Jerusalem found out about this, they called the place Akeldama, which in the local language means “Field of Blood”.
20 In the book of Psalms it says,“Leave his house empty,and don't let anyonelive there.”It also says,“Let someone elsehave his job.”
21-22 So we need someone else to help us tell others that Jesus has been raised from death. He must also be one of the men who was with us from the very beginning. He must have been with us from the time the Lord Jesus was baptized by John until the day he was taken to heaven.
23 Two men were suggested: one of them was Joseph Barsabbas, known as Justus, and the other was Matthias.