aid, (there was a number of persons together, about an hundred and
twenty,) (16)Men and brethren, it must needs be that this scripture
should be fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost delivered before by the mouth
of David concerning Judas, who was the conductor of those who seized on
Jesus. (17)For he was reckoned of our number, and had obtained an
appointment to this ministry. (18)This man indeed accordingly purchased
a spot of ground with the wages of iniquity; and projected forward, he
burst in the midst, and all his bowels fell out. (19)And it was a fact
known to all who dwelt at Jerusalem; so that this field is called in
their own dialect, Aceldama, that is, The field of blood. (20)For it is
written in the book of Psalms[23], Let his habitation be desolate, and
let there be no man to dwell in it: and his office, as bishop, let
another take[24].

(21)Wherefore from among the men who have associated with us always
during the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
(22)beginning from his baptism by John, until the day in which he was
taken up from us, must there be chosen with us a witness of his
resurrection, even one of these. (23)So they appointed two persons,
Joseph called Barsabas, whose sirname was Justus, and Matthias. (24)And
joining in prayer, they said, Do thou, O Lord, who knowest the hearts
of all men, point out the one of these two which thou hast chosen,
(25)to take a part in this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas
by transgression fell, to go to his own place. (26)And they drew lots
for them and the lot fell to Matthias and he was by unanimous suffrage
numbered with the eleven apostles.

CHAP. II.

SO when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with
unanimity assembled together. (2)And there came suddenly from heaven a
sound as it were of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole
house where they were sitting. (3)And there was an appearance to them
of divided tongues, as of fire, and it rested on every one of them.
(4)And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they began to
speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them power to express
themselves.

(5)Now there were dwelling at Jerusalem, Jews, men of piety, from every
nation under heaven. (6)And when this report spread, the multitude
collected around them, and were overwhelmed with astonishment, because
they heard them speaking every one in his own peculiar dialect. (7)And
they were all amazed, and wondered