Acts 1:17

for he was numbered with us, and had been appointed to this ministry.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry.

In Context

16Brethren, it was necessary for this scripture to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit had before spoken by the mouth of David, concerning Judas, who was a guide to those who took Jesus:

18Therefore he purchased a field with the reward of his iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.

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Cross References

Matthew 10:4Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also delivered him up.

Luke 6:16Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, who was also the traitor.

John 6:70Jesus answered them: Have I not chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?

Acts 1:25that he may be appointed to this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.

Acts 20:24But I esteem this a matter of no importance, nor do I hold my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my course with joy, and the ministry that I have received from the Lord Jesus, to bear full testimony to the gospel of the grace of God.

2 Corinthians 4:1Wherefore, having this ministry, inasmuch as we have received mercy, we faint not;

Matthew Henry on Acts 1:16-26

The Death of Judas; Matthias Elected to Be an Apostle. 15 And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said, (the number of names together were about an hundred and twenty,) 16 Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus. 17 For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry. 18 Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and… Read the whole commentary →

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