Mark 16:14
16:14 Then he appeared to the eleven themselves, while they were eating, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen him resurrected.
John 6:70
6:70 Jesus replied,
“Didn’t I choose you, the twelve, and yet one of you is the devil?”
Acts 1:13-26
1:13 When
they had entered Jerusalem,
they went to the upstairs room where they were staying. Peter
and John, and James, and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James were there.
1:14 All these continued together in prayer with one mind, together with the women, along with Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.
1:15 In those days
Peter stood up among the believers
(a gathering of about one hundred and twenty people) and said,
1:16 “Brothers,
the scripture had to be fulfilled that the Holy Spirit foretold through
David concerning Judas – who became the guide for those who arrested Jesus –
1:17 for he was counted as one of us and received a share in this ministry.”
1:18 (Now this man Judas
acquired a field with the reward of his unjust deed,
and falling headfirst
he burst open in the middle and all his intestines
gushed out.
1:19 This
became known to all who lived in Jerusalem, so that in their own language
they called that field
Hakeldama, that is, “Field of Blood.”)
1:20 “For it is written in the book of Psalms, ‘
Let his house become deserted, and let there be no one to live in it,’
and ‘
Let another take his position of responsibility.’
1:21 Thus one of the men
who have accompanied us during all the time the Lord Jesus associated with
us,
1:22 beginning from his baptism by John until the day he
was taken up from us – one of these must become a witness of his resurrection together with us.”
1:23 So they
proposed two candidates:
Joseph called Barsabbas (also called Justus) and Matthias.
1:24 Then they prayed,
“Lord, you know the hearts of all. Show us which one of these two you have chosen
1:25 to assume the task
of this service
and apostleship from which Judas turned aside
to go to his own place.”
1:26 Then
they cast lots for them, and the one chosen was Matthias;
so he was counted with the eleven apostles.
Acts 1:1
Jesus Ascends to Heaven
1:1 I wrote the former account, Theophilus, about all that Jesus began to do and teach
Colossians 1:15
The Supremacy of Christ
1:15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation,