Acts 1:21

It is needful then that, of the men who companied with us during all the time in which the Lord Jesus came in and went out over us,

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,

In Context

20For it is written in the book of Psalms: Let his encampment become desolate, and let there be none to dwell therein! And—his overseership, let a different man take!

22Beginning from the immersion by John until the day when he was taken up from us, that, a witness of his resurrection along with us, should one of these become.

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Cross References

Numbers 27:17who may go out before them and who may come in before them, and who may take them out and who may bring them in,—that the assembly of Yahweh become not as sheep that have no shepherd.

2 Samuel 5:2Also, in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou, wast he that led out and brought in, Israel,—and Yahweh said to thee—Thou, shalt be shepherd unto my people, Israel, and, thou, shalt become leader over Israel.

Luke 10:1And, after these things, the Lord appointed seventy two others, and sent them forth, two and two before his face, into every city and place whither, he himself, was about to come.

John 15:27And do, ye also, bear witness, because, from the beginning, ye are, with me,

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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