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The apostles choose Matthias

12 Then the apostles left the Mount of Olives.[a] They returned to Jerusalem. This was a walk of about 1 kilometre. 13 When the apostles arrived back in Jerusalem, they went to their room. The room where they were staying was upstairs. Those apostles were Peter, John, James and Andrew; Philip and Thomas; Bartholomew and Matthew; also James the son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas, the son of James.[b]

14 All these apostles often met together to pray. Mary who was Jesus' mother, other women and Jesus' brothers also met with them.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:12 All this happened on the east side of the Mount of Olives. This hill is between Jerusalem and the town of Bethany. Olive trees grow there.
  2. 1:13 A Zealot was someone who fought for his government or against the Roman government.