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## Acts 1:20-21 in Context (Verses 17–24 KJV)
 
 [17 ](/kjv/acts/1/17) For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry.
 
 [18 ](/kjv/acts/1/18) Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.
 
 [19 ](/kjv/acts/1/19) 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.
 
 [20 ](/kjv/acts/1/20) 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.
 
 [21 ](/kjv/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,
 
 [22 ](/kjv/acts/1/22) 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.
 
 [23 ](/kjv/acts/1/23) And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.
 
 [24 ](/kjv/acts/1/24) And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all *men*, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen,
 
[John 21](/kjv/john/21) [Acts 2](/kjv/acts/2)

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