“So now a man must become a witness with us of Jesus’ ·being raised from the dead [resurrection]. He must be one of the men who were part of our group during all the time the Lord Jesus ·was [^Lwent in and out] among us—·from the time John was baptizing people [or from John’s baptism of Jesus; ^Lfrom the baptism of John] until the day Jesus was taken up from us to heaven.”

²³ They put the names of two men before the group. One was Joseph Barsabbas, who was also called Justus. The other was Matthias. The apostles prayed, “Lord, you know the ·thoughts [hearts] of everyone. Show us which one of these two you have chosen to ·do this work and to be an apostle [^Ltake this position of ministry and apostleship] in place of Judas, who turned away and went where he belongs [^Cto death, destruction, or hell].”