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Judas' Successor
Acts 1.15-17 and 21-26
Good News Translation (GNT)
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15 A few days later there was a meeting of the
believers, about a hundred and twenty in all,
and Peter stood up to speak.
16 "My friends," he said, "the scripture had to
come true in which the Holy Spirit, speaking
through David, made a prediction about Judas,
who was the guide for those who arrested
Jesus.
17 Judas was a member of our group, for he had
been chosen to have a part in our work."
21-22 "So then, someone must join us as a witness
to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus.
He must be one of the men who were in our
group during the whole time that the Lord
Jesus travelled about with us, beginning from
the time John preached his message of
baptism (a) until the day Jesus was taken up
from us to heaven."
23 So they proposed two men: Joseph, who was
called Barsabbas (also known as Justus),
and Matthias.
24 Then they prayed, "Lord, you know the
thoughts of everyone, so show us which of
these two you have chosen
25 to serve as an apostle in the place of Judas,
who left to go to the place where he belongs."
26 Then they drew lots to choose between the
two men, and the one chosen was Matthias,
who was added to the group of eleven
apostles.
Footnotes
Acts 1:21 John preached his message of
baptism;
or
John baptised him.
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Commentary taken from
'The Applied New Testament Commentary'
(Kingsway)
Matthias Chosen to Replace Judas
Acts Chapter 1 15-17 and 21-26
In addition to Jesus' main disciples,
there were in Jerusalem at that time
about one hundred and twenty other believers.
Perhaps among them were the seventy-two
believers whom Jesus sent out ahead of Him
to announce the coming of the kingdom of God.
From this we can understand that during
His time on earth Jesus didn't lead
great numbers of people to believe in Himself.
Jesus' main goal while on earth
was to train and spiritually equip
a small number of disciples.
To these disciples, then,
Jesus gave the work of preaching
the Gospel and establishing
His church all over the world.
Peter, it seems, was the main leader
of this group of believers.
Here Peter refers to a prophecy of David,
the great king of the Jews.
David had prophesied in the
Old Testament that one of Jesus'
close friends would betray Him.
To qualify for taking Judas' place
among the twelve disciples,
one needed to have been with Jesus
from the beginning of His ministry
and to have seen Him after
He rose from the dead.
First the disciples chose two men
who were equally qualified
to be the twelfth disciple.
Then they asked the Lord to show them
which of the two He had chosen.
Then they drew lots.
They trusted that the lot would fall
to the man of God's choice,
because they knew that God
controlled the casting of lots.
This is the only place in the New Testament
where the casting of lots is mentioned
as a means of finding out God's will.
Most Christians believe that ever since
the Holy Spirit came upon the disciples
on the day of Pentecost,
it has not been necessary to cast lots
to learn what God's will is.
The reason, they say, is because
the Holy Spirit is now available
to all believers,
and He is fully able to show
them what God's will is
in specific circumstances
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