Acts 1:17

He was counted as one of us, and shared in this ministry.”

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

16“My brothers and sisters,” he said, “The Scriptures, spoken by the Holy Spirit through David, had to be fulfilled regarding Judas, who guided those who arrested Jesus.

18(Judas had bought a field with his ill-gotten gains. There he fell down headfirst, and his body burst apart, spilling out all his intestines.

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Cross References

Matthew 10:4Simon the revolutionary, and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Jesus.

Luke 6:16Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot (who became a traitor).

John 6:70Jesus replied, “Didn't I choose you, the twelve disciples? Yet one of you is a devil.”

Acts 1:25to replace Judas as an apostle in this ministry that he gave up to go to where he belongs.”

Acts 20:24But I don't consider my life as worth anything to me. I only want to finish my mission and the ministry that the Lord Jesus gave to me, to witness to the good news of the grace of God.

2 Corinthians 4:1So then, since God in his mercy has given us this new way of relating to him, we don't give up.

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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