Acts 1:17

For he was reckoned of our number, and had obtained an appointment to this ministry.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

16Men and brethren, it must needs be that this scripture should be fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost delivered before by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who was the conductor of those who seized on Jesus.

18This man indeed accordingly purchased a spot of ground with the wages of iniquity; and projected forward, he burst in the midst, and all his bowels fell out.

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Cross References

Matthew 10:4Simon the Cananite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

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

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

Acts 1:25to take a part in this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, to go to his own place.

Acts 20:24Yet I make no account of any suffering, nor regard my life as of any value to myself, farther than as I may finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord, to testify fully the Gospel of the grace of God.

2 Corinthians 4:1THEREFORE having this ministry, as we have obtained 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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