16My brothers, the word of God had to be put into effect, which the Holy Spirit had said before, by the mouth of David, about Judas, who was guide to those who took Jesus,
17For he was numbered among us, and had his part in our work.
18(Now this man, with the reward of his evil-doing, got for himself a field, and falling head first, came to a sudden and violent end there.
19And this came to the knowledge of all those who were living in Jerusalem, so that the field was named in their language, Akel-dama, or, The field of blood.)
20For in the book of Psalms it says, Let his house be waste, and let no man be living in it: and, Let his position be taken by another.
21For this reason, of the men who have been with us all the time, while the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
22Starting from the baptism of John till he went up from us, one will have to be a witness with us of his coming back from death.
