For it is written in the book of Psalms, ‘Let his habitation be made desolate.
Let no one dwell in it;’ and, ‘Let another take his office.’ “Of the men therefore who have accompanied us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, beginning from the baptism of John to the day that he was received up from us, of these one must become a witness with us of his resurrection.”
They put forward two: Joseph called Barsabbas, who was also called Justus, and Matthias.