What does Acts 1:20 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprickb let another take."
Verse Acts 1:20. _FOR IT IS WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF PSALMS_] The places usually referred to are Psalms 69:25: _Let their habitation be desolate_, and _let none dwell in their_ _tents_. And Psalms 109:...
FOR IT IS WRITTEN ... - See Psalms 69:25. This is the prediction doubtless to which Peter refers in Acts 1:16. The intermediate passage in Acts 1:18, is probably a parenthesis; the words of Luke, not...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS Part I The Witness to Jerusalem. The Advent of the Spirit and the Formation of the Church. The Offer to Israel and its Rejection. Chapter s 1-7 CHAPTER 1 _ 1. The Intro...
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POWER TO GO ON (Acts 1:1-5)...
IS. has been. THE. a: i.e. the second book, in Psalms 69:25. HABITATION. farm, or country house. Greek. _epaulis._ Only here. DESOLATE. desert: i.e. let the place he has thus acquired become. wilde...
The passages quoted by St Peter are from Psalms 69:25, where it is written "Let their habitation be desolate, and let none dwell in their tents;" and Psalms 109:8, "Let his days be few, and let anothe...
ELECTION OF AN APOSTLE TO FILL THE PLACE OF JUDAS ISCARIOT...
_JESUS HAD SAID, "WAIT IN JERUSALEM” ACTS 1:13-26:_ Jesus had commanded the apostles to wait in Jerusalem. While they waited the disciples prayed, praised God and appointed an apostle. Matthias was se...
ΓΈΓΡΑΠΤΑΙ _perf. ind. pass. от_ ΓΡΆΦΩ (G1125) писать. _Perf._ относится к авторитетным документам, которые сохраняют свою силу (ММ), ΓΕΝΗΘΉΤΩ _aor. imper. pass. (dep.) 3 pers. sing., см._ Acts 1:16....
AND HIS BISHOPRICK LET ANOTHER TAKE.— _And let another take his office._ Heylin....
IN THE UPPER ROOM ACTS 1:12-26 Acts 1:12 Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is nigh unto Jerusalem, a sabbath day's journey off. Acts 1:13 And when they were com...
20. The historian now resumes the report of Peter's speech, which he had interrupted by the parenthesis. In the remarks already quoted, Peter bases the action which he proposes, not upon any commandme...
For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take. FOR IT IS WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF PSALMS (Psalms 69:25) -...
20 It seems that Judas did not pay for the freehold, but returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests. They had a consultation, and used the money to complete the purchase. The freehold w...
1:20 Psalms, (b-9) See Psalms 69:25 . and, (c-23) See Psalms 109:8 ....
THE ASCENSION. ELECTION OF MATTHIAS 1-5. St. Luke's Introduction. He recapitulates the general contents of his Gospel, adding, however, this additional information, (1) that the appearances of the ri...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ ABOUT THIS BOOK THE WRITER Most people agree that Luke wrote Acts. Luke also wrote the third *Gospel. In Acts, he told how the good news about Jesus *C...
FOR IT IS WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF PSALMS — St. Peter’s speech is continued after the parenthetical note. His purpose in making the quotation is to show that the disciples should not be staggered by the...
The quotation is twofold, the first part from Psalms 69:26 (LXX, 68); in the LXX we have αὐτῶν, changed here into αὐτοῦ with reference to Judas, whilst ἐν τοῖς σκηνώμασιν is omitted and the words ἐν α...
FILLING A VACANT PLACE Acts 1:15-26 It may be that the Apostles were acting upon Christ's directions, when they proceeded to the election of a successor to Judas. There was awe in Peter's voice, as...
In the opening verse Luke reveals the nature of his first treatise. It had to do with "all that Jesus began to do and to teach." This is followed by the last glimpse we have of the disciples before Pe...
Quoting from Psalms 69:25; Psalms 109:8, Peter reported that the Holy Spirit, through David, had said the habitation of Judas, perhaps as Ash suggests referring to the Field of Blood, would become des...
For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his (s) bishoprick let another take. (s) His office and ministry: David wrote these words ag...
_His bishoprick. The words were prophetically spoken in the Psalms, of the traitor Judas. (Witham) --- Let their habitation. In some manuscript copies, in both Greek and Syriac, we read his. In the Ps...
SUICIDE, SUCCESSION AND DOOM OF JUDAS 15-26. Now Peter, in his recognized seniority, proceeds to have the vacuum created by the fall of Judas Iscariot supplied. The prophecies here quoted predicting t...
And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said, (the number of names together were about a hundred and twenty), (16) Men and brethren, this Scripture must needs have been ful...
First of all we see man in an entirely new place man risen from among the dead and ascending to heaven. The risen ascended man, Christ Jesus, is the new starting-point of the dealings of God. The firs...
Let us now examine the Chapter s in their course. Chapter 1 supplies us with the narrative of that which relates to Jesus risen, and the actions of the apostles before the descent of the Holy Ghost. T...
FOR IT IS WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF PSALMS,.... In Psalms 69:25. These are the words of Peter, citing the Scripture he had said must be fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost, by David, had spoke concerning Ju...
For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take. Ver. 20. _In the book of Psalms_] That common magazine of w...
_This man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity_ That is, a field was purchased therewith: for that reward, being restored by him to the chief priests, had been paid by them for the purchase o...
THE BOOK OF PSALMS; PSALMS 69:25; Psalms 109:8. BISHOPRIC; office. Men may be as free and accountable, as praise worthy or blame worthy in doing what the Bible declared before they were born that the...
The address of Peter:...
Verse 1 establishes the fact that Luke (a Gentile) is the writer, "the former treatise" being his Gospel (Luke 1:1). In that case Theophilus is addressed as "most excellent," manifestly a public offic...
" FOR IT IS WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF PSALMS: _‘LET HIS DWELLING PLACE BE_ _DESOLATE,_ _AND LET NO ONE LIVE IN IT_ ' ; AND, _‘LET_ _ANOTHER TAKE HIS_ _OFFICE._ '__ 1. There are two quotations here. The...
BISHOPRICK: Or, office, or, charge...
For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be made desolate, And let no man dwell therein: and, His office let another take. 'FOR IT IS WRITTEN'-As we journey through Acts be impress...
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 w...
FOR IT IS WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF PSALMS; viz. PSALMS 69:25. What there is in general spoken by David concerning his enemies, is here applied particularly to Judas, who betrayed our Saviour; whose type...
20. The historian now resumes the report of Peter's speech, which he had interrupted by the parenthesis. In the remarks already quoted, Peter bases the action which he proposes, not upon any commandme...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book II and never restored to his place? For that Aeon, whose type they declare Judas to be, after being separated from her Enthymesis, was restored or recalled [to her form...
Acts 1:20 For G1063 written G1125 (G5769) in G1722 book G976 Psalms G5568 Let G1096 his G846 place G1886 be G1096 (G5676) desolate G2048 And G2532 let G2077 (G5749) one G3361 live G2730 (G5723) in G17...
PREPARATION FOR PENTECOST (1:12-26). In obedience to His command they returned to Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives where all this had happened, and entered the upper chamber where they were staying...
FOR IT IS WRITTEN (γεγραπτα γαρ). Luke here returns to the address of Peter interrupted by verses Acts 1:18; Acts 1:19. Perfect passive indicative, the usual idiom in quoting scripture, stands writ...
BISHOPRICK (Greek, "episkopē", "overseership"). See "elders". (_ See Scofield) - (Titus 1:5). _...
CONTENTS: Resurrection ministry of Christ. The apostolic commission. Promise of the Lord's second coming. Waiting for the coming of the Spirit. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Spirit, Luke, Theophilus, John...
Acts 1:1. _The former treatise have I made of all that Jesus began to do and teach._ St. Luke, a companion of St. Paul, here continues his history. It comprises a display of providence and grace in th...
IN THE BOOK OF PSALMS. The spirit, rather than the exact words, is quoted. The first quotation is from Psalms 69:25; the second from Psalms 109:8....
_Men and brethren, this Scripture must needs have been fulfilled … concerning Judas._ THE SUBSERVIENCY OF CRIME TO THE PURPOSES OF GOD We know not a more remarkable expression than “The wrath of man...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 1:20 Judas’s death fulfills Psalms 69:25. LET ANOTHER TAKE HIS OFFICE. Matthias’s selection (Acts 1:26) as the twelfth apostle was a direct fulfillment of prophecy (see v. Acts 1:16;...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 1:15. THOSE DAYS lay between the Ascension and Pentecost. For DISCIPLES, μαθητῶν, the R.V. reads _brethren_, ἀδελφῶν, as in Matthew 25:40; Acts 9:30; Acts 11:29; 1 Corinthians...
EXPOSITION ACTS 1:1 _I made_ for _have I made, _A.V.; _concerning _for _of, _A.V.; _to teach _for _teach, _A.V. THE FORMER TREATISE; literally, _the first _history, narrative, or discourse. The form...
Shall we turn to the book of Acts, chapter one, as we begin our study of the early church. Luke, the author of the book of Acts, a companion of Paul the apostle, who was author also of the Gospel Acco...
Acts 13:33; Acts 1:25; Luke 20:42; Luke 24:44; Psalms 109:8; Psalms 109:9; Psalms 69:25; Zechariah 5:3; Zechariah 5:4...
Habitation [ε π α υ λ ι ς]. Only here in New Testament. The word is used in classical Greek of a place for cattle. So Herodotus (i., 111) : "The herdsman took the child in his arms, and went back the...
His bishopric — That is, his apostleship. Psalms 69:25....