Acts 1:17

Acts 1:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry.
• New International Version (NIV)He was one of our number and shared in our ministry.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)For he was numbered among us and was allotted his share in this ministry."
• New King James Version (NKJV)for he was numbered with us and obtained a part in this ministry.”

Context of Acts 1:17

15And in those days Peter, standing up in the midst of the brethren, said, (the crowd of names [who were] together [was] about a hundred and twenty,) 16Brethren, it was necessary that the scripture should have been fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke before, by the mouth of David, concerning Judas, who became guide to those who took Jesus; for he was numbered amongst us, and had received a part in this service. 18(This [man] then indeed got a field with [the] reward of iniquity, and, having fallen down headlong, burst in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out. 19And it was known to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that that field was called in their own dialect Aceldama; that is, field of blood.)

Acts 1:17 word by word

ὅτι κατηριθμημένος ἦν ἐν ἡμῖν καὶ ἔλαχεν τὸν κλῆρον τῆς διακονίας ταύτης.Read the interlinear

• wasεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• serviceδιακονίαdiakonia · serviceG1248

Cross-references for Acts 1:17

• Matthew 10:4Simon the Cananaean, and Judas the Iscariote, who also delivered him up.
• Mark 3:19and Judas Iscariote, who also delivered him up. And they come to [the] house.
• Luke 6:16[and] Judas [brother] of James, and Judas Iscariote, who was also [his] betrayer;
• Luke 22:47As he was yet speaking, behold, a crowd, and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went on before them, and drew near to Jesus to kiss him.
• John 6:70Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you the twelve? and of you one is a devil.
• John 17:12When I was with them I kept them in thy name; those thou hast given me I have guarded, and not one of them has perished, but the son of perdition, that the scripture might be fulfilled.
• Acts 1:25to receive the lot of this service and apostleship, from which Judas transgressing fell to go to his own place.
• Acts 12:25And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, having fulfilled the service [entrusted to them], taking also with them John, surnamed Mark.
• Acts 20:24But I make no account of [my] life [as] dear to myself, so that I finish my course, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the glad tidings of the grace of God.
• Acts 21:19And having saluted them, he related one by one the things which God had wrought among the nations by his ministry.
• 2 Corinthians 4:1Therefore, having this ministry, as we have had mercy shewn us, we faint not.
• 2 Corinthians 5:18and all things [are] of the God who has reconciled us to himself by [Jesus] Christ, and given to us the ministry of that reconciliation:
• Ephesians 4:11and he has given some apostles, and some prophets, and some evangelists, and some shepherds and teachers,

Commentaries on Acts 1:17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17Obtained part of this ministry - , He obtained the lot of this ministry - not that he or any of the twelve apostles, was chosen to this ministry by lot, but as lot signifies the portion a man has in life, what comes to him in the course of the Divine providence, or as an especial gift of God's goodness, it is used here, as in many other parts of the sacred writings, to signify office or station. On this subject the reader is referred to the notes on…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17He was numbered with us - He was chosen as an apostle by the Lord Jesus, Luke 6:13-16. This does not mean that he was a true Christian, but that he was reckoned among the apostles. Long before he betrayed him, Jesus declared that he was a devil, John 6:70. He knew his whole character when he chose him, John 2:25. If it be asked why he chose such a man to be an apostle; why he was made the treasurer of the apostles, and was admitted to the fullest…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-26Verses 15-26 The great thing the apostles were to attest to the world, was, Christ's resurrection; for that was the great proof of his being the Messiah, and the foundation of our hope in him. The apostles were ordained, not to wordly dignity and dominion, but to preach Christ, and the power of his resurrection. An appeal was made to God; "Thou, Lord, who knowest the hearts of all men," which we do not; and better than they know their own. It is fit that…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16-17the Scripture had to be fulfilled: See 1:20.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 15-2615-26. in those days--of expectant prayer, and probably towards the close of them, when the nature of their future work began more clearly to dawn upon them, and the Holy Ghost, already "breathed" on the Eleven (Joh 20:22), was stirring in Peter, who was to be the leading spirit of the infant community (Mt 16:19). the number ... about an hundred and twenty--Many, therefore, of the "five hundred brethren" who saw their risen Lord "at once" (1Co 15:6), must…Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 1:17

• Apostasy
• Judas (Jude)
• Matthias
• Peter
• Prophecy

In the dictionaries

• Accord
• Apostle
• Blood
• Gaze
• Ministry
• Passion
• Pertain
• Peter
• Promise
• Receive

Commentaries on Acts 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings