Acts 1:21

For this reason, of the men who have been with us all the time, while the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,

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In The King James Version

Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,

In Context

20For in the book of Psalms it says, Let his house be waste, and let no man be living in it: and, Let his position be taken by another.

22Starting from the baptism of John till he went up from us, one will have to be a witness with us of his coming back from death.

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Cross References

Numbers 27:17To go out and come in before them and be their guide; so that the people of the Lord may not be like sheep without a keeper.

2 Samuel 5:2In the past when Saul was king over us, it was you who went at the head of Israel when they went out or came in: and the Lord said to you, You are to be the keeper of my people Israel and their ruler.

Luke 10:1Now after these things, the Lord made selection of seventy others and sent them before him, two together, into every town and place where he himself was about to come.

John 15:27And you, in addition, will give witness because you have been with me from the first.

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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