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Acts 1:25

King James Version (KJV)

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Acts 1:25

Verse 25 of 26

Scripture focus

That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.

Acts 1:25 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Acts 1:25

Theological / Devotional

Part. Textual evidence favors (cf. p. 10) “place.”

Ministry and apostleship. The apostles were highly conscious of the spiritual dignity of their calling (see on v. 17).

By transgression fell. Rather, “turned aside.” “transgressed.”

His own place. The Lord was being asked to choose one to replace him who had chosen apostasy, and who had found “his own place,” in disaster and death. Such a place was Judas’ own, by his own choice. Events had proved what the Lord had already foreseen (John 6:70, 71; John 13:2, 21, 26), that a place among the Twelve did not properly belong to Judas.

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