And then all was over. With hearts subdued and solemnized the Apostles returned to the Upper Room at Jerusalem, and _there continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary[644] the mother of Jesus, and with His brethren_ (Acts i. 14). BOOK III. THE APOSTOLIC HISTORY. PART I. THE CHURCH OF JERUSALEM. CHAPTER I. _THE ELECTION OF MATTHIAS――THE PENTECOSTAL EFFUSION._ A.D. 30. IN accordance with the command of their lately ascended Lord, the Apostles remained in the Holy City, and there _continued with one accord in prayer and supplication_ (Acts i. 14) with the rest of the little company. This now amounted in all to about 120 (Acts i. 15), and consisted of 1. The Eleven, 2. The Virgin, the women who had accompanied the Saviour from Galilee to Jerusalem, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, Salome, Joanna, Susanna, and others, 3. The _brethren_[645] of the Lord, who though at an early period they were not for but against Him (Jn. vii. 5), now undoubtedly believed on Him, 4. The other disciples. Though the duty enjoined upon them at this time, was that of patient waiting for the bestowal of the promised gift of the Holy Ghost, one thing could be done by way of preparation for the work they were called to perform. They could restore their original number as it was composed by their Lord, and fill up the gap which the treachery of Judas had made in their body. Accordingly, the Apostle Peter, already beginning to take that lead for which his natural gifts no less than the prophetic words of the Saviour had destined him, stood up in their midst, and called attention to the deserted seat of the traitor. He had fallen, as they all knew, and after a terrible end[646] had gone _to his own place_ (Acts i. 25). The language of inspired prophecy had not been silent respecting his shameful treachery, but the same Psalms (Ps. lxix. 25; cix. 8), which had foreshadowed his fall, had spoken also of the election of another to take his charge or office of oversight (Acts i. 20). He advised, therefore, that they should proceed to choose a new Apostle, and suggested, as the conditions of his election, that he should be one who had companied with them from the beginning to the close of their Lord’s official ministry, from the Baptism of John to the Ascension, and so be qualified in an especial degree to be a witness of His Resurrection (Acts i. 22).