Acts 1:21
“Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,”
And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood.
For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take.
Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection.
And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.
Cross-References
“Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;”
“And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the Lord.”
“And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.”
“Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.”
“After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come.”