Acts 1:22
commencing from the baptism of John, unto the day he was taken up from us, should be, with us, a witness of his resurrection.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
23And they proposed two, Joseph called Barsabas, whose surname was Justus, and Matthias.
Cross References
Mark 1:1THE beginning of the gospel of Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God.
John 1:28These things occurred in Bethany, where John was baptizing.
Acts 1:2until the day when he was taken up, after he had instructed those legates whom he had chosen by the Holy Spirit.
Acts 4:33And with great power, the legates testified to the resurrection of Jesus Messiah: and great grace was with them all.
Hebrews 2:3how shall we escape, if we despise the things which are our life, things which began to be spoken by our Lord, and were confirmed to us by them who heard from him,
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 →