Acts 1:20

For it is written in the book of Psalms: Let his habitation be desert, And no inhabitant be therein, And his ministry let another take.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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

19And this hath been known of all who dwell in Urishlem; and so is called that field in the language of the country Hakel-damo, the interpretation of which is, A field of blood.

21There needeth therefore one from these men who have been with us in all this time in which our Lord Jeshu hath come in and gone out among us,

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Cross References

Luke 20:42And David himself saith in the book of Psalms, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand,

Acts 1:25that he may receive the part in the ministry and the apostleship from which Jihuda separated, to go unto his 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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