Acts 1:17

For he was numbered with us, and had a part in this ministry.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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

In Context

16Men, brethren, it was right that the scripture should be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spake, by the mouth of David, concerning Judas who was guide to them that apprehended Jesus.

18He purchased a field with the wages of sin; and he fell upon his face on the ground, and burst in the middle, and all his entrails were poured out.

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Cross References

Matthew 10:4and Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, he who betrayed him.

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

John 6:70Jesus said to them: Have not I chosen you twelve? Yet one of you is a devil.

Acts 1:25that he should take part in this ministry and legateship, from which Judas broke away, that he might go to his own place.

Acts 20:24But my life is accounted by me as nothing, so that I may but finish my course, and the ministration which I have received from our Lord Jesus, to bear testimony to the gospel of the grace of God.

2 Corinthians 4:1Therefore, we are not weary in this ministry which we have received, according to the mercies that have been upon us:

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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