19 And it became known to all who live in Jerusalem, so that that field was called in their own language[a] “Akeldama,” that is, “Field of Blood.”) 20 “For it is written in the book of Psalms,

‘Let his residence become deserted,
    and let there be no one to live in it,’[b]

and,

‘Let another person take his position.’[c]

21 Therefore it is necessary for one of the men who have accompanied us during all the time in which the Lord Jesus went in and went out among us,

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 1:19 That is, Aramaic
  2. Acts 1:20 A quotation from Ps 69:25
  3. Acts 1:20 A quotation from Ps 109:8