Acts 1:20

For it is written in the scroll of Psalms, ‘Let his habitation be made desolate. Let no one dwell in it;’ and, ‘Let another take his office.’

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In The King James Version

For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take.

In Context

19It became known to everyone who lived in Jerusalem that in their language that field was called ‘Hakel-Dema,’ that is, ‘The field of blood.’

21“Of the men therefore who have accompanied us all the time that the Lord Yeshua went in and out among us,

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Cross References

Leviticus 14:42They shall take other stones, and put them in the place of those stones; and he shall take other mortar, and shall plaster the house.

Psalms 109:8Let his days be few. Let another take his office.

Luke 20:42David himself says in the scroll of Psalms, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand,

Acts 1:25to take part in this ministry and office of emissary from which Judah fell away, that he might go to his own place.”

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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