Acts 1
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Acts 1:15-25

151At thisG3778 timeG2250 PeterG4074 stoodG450 up in the midstG3319 of 2the brethrenG80 (a gatheringG3793 of aboutG5616 oneG1540 hundredG1540 and twentyG1501 3personsG3686 was there togetherG1909G3588G846), and saidG3004, 16“BrethrenG435G80, 4the ScriptureG1124 hadG1163 to be fulfilledG4137, whichG3739 the HolyG40 SpiritG4151 foretoldG4275 by the mouthG4750 of DavidG1160 concerningG4012 JudasG2455, 5who becameG1096 a guideG3595 to thoseG3588 who arrestedG4815 JesusG2424. 17For he was 6countedG2674 amongG1722 us and receivedG2975 his shareG2819 in 7thisG3778 ministryG1248.” 18(NowG3767 thisG3778 manG3778 8acquiredG2932 a fieldG5564 with 9the priceG3408 of his wickednessG93, and fallingG1096 headlongG4248, he burstG2997 openG2997 in the middleG3319 and allG3956 his intestinesG4698 gushedG1632 out. 19And it becameG1096 knownG1110 to allG3956 who were livingG2730 in JerusalemG2419; soG5620 that in 10their ownG2398 languageG1258 that fieldG5564 was calledG2564 HakeldamaG184, that is, FieldG5564 of BloodG129.) 20“For it is writtenG1125 in the bookG976 of PsalmsG5568, ‘11Let his homesteadG1886 be madeG1096 desolateG2048, And let noG3361 oneG3361 dwellG2730 in it’; and, ‘12Let anotherG2087 manG2087 takeG2983 his 13officeG1984.’ 21ThereforeG3767 it is necessaryG1163 that of the menG435 who have accompaniedG4905 us allG3956 the timeG5550 that 14the LordG2962 JesusG2424 wentG1831 in and out 15amongG1909 us-- 2216beginningG757 17with the baptismG908 of JohnG2491 untilG2193 the dayG2250 that He 18was takenG353 up from us--oneG1520 of theseG3778 must becomeG1096 a 19witnessG3144 with us of His resurrectionG386.” 23SoG2532 they putG2476 forwardG2476 twoG1417 menG1417, JosephG2501 calledG2564 BarsabbasG923 (whoG3739 was also calledG1941 JustusG2459), and 20MatthiasG3103. 24And they 21prayedG4336 and saidG3004, “You, LordG2962, 22whoG2589 knowG2589 the heartsG2589 of allG3956 menG3956, showG322 whichG3739 oneG1520 of theseG3778 twoG1417 You have chosenG1586 25to 23occupyG2983 24thisG3778 ministryG1248 and 25apostleshipG651 from whichG3739 JudasG2455 turnedG3845 asideG3845 to goG4198 to his ownG2398 placeG5117.”

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  1. 1. Acts 1:15 Lit In these days ↩
  2. 2. Acts 1:15 John 21:23; Acts 6:3; 9:30; 10:23; 11:1, 12, 26, 29; 12:17; 14:2; 15:1, 3, 22, 23, 32f, 40; 16:2, 40; 17:6, 10, 14; 18:18, 27; 21:7, 17; 22:5; 28:14f; Rom 1:13 ↩
  3. 3. Acts 1:15 Lit names ↩
  4. 4. Acts 1:16 John 13:18; 17:12; Acts 1:20 ↩
  5. 5. Acts 1:16 Matt 26:47; Mark 14:43; Luke 22:47; John 18:3 ↩
  6. 6. Acts 1:17 John 6:70f ↩
  7. 7. Acts 1:17 Acts 1:25; 20:24; 21:19 ↩
  8. 8. Acts 1:18 Matt 27:3-10 ↩
  9. 9. Acts 1:18 Matt 26:14f ↩
  10. 10. Acts 1:19 Matt 27:8; Acts 21:40 ↩
  11. 11. Acts 1:20 Ps 69:25 ↩
  12. 12. Acts 1:20 Ps 109:8 ↩
  13. 13. Acts 1:20 Lit position as overseer ↩
  14. 14. Acts 1:21 Luke 24:3 ↩
  15. 15. Acts 1:21 Lit to us ↩
  16. 16. Acts 1:22 Matt 3:16; Mark 1:1-4, 9; Luke 3:21 ↩
  17. 17. Acts 1:22 Lit from ↩
  18. 18. Acts 1:22 Mark 16:19; Acts 1:2 ↩
  19. 19. Acts 1:22 Acts 1:8; 2:32 ↩
  20. 20. Acts 1:23 Acts 1:26 ↩
  21. 21. Acts 1:24 Acts 6:6; 13:3; 14:23 ↩
  22. 22. Acts 1:24 1 Sam 16:7; Jer 17:10; Acts 15:8; Rom 8:27 ↩
  23. 23. Acts 1:25 Lit take the place of ↩
  24. 24. Acts 1:25 Acts 1:17 ↩
  25. 25. Acts 1:25 Rom 1:5; 1 Cor 9:2; Gal 2:8 ↩

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