“They drew lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias; and he was counted with the eleven apostles.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Acts 1 contains 26 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.