Acts 1:26
What meaning of the acts 1:26 in the Bible?
What does Acts 1:26 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles."
What does Acts 1:26 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles."
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Verse Acts 1:26. _THEY GAVE FORTH THEIR LOTS_] In what manner this or any other question was decided by lot, we cannot precisely say. The most simple form was to put two _stones_, pieces of _board, me...
AND THEY GAVE FORTH THEIR LOTS - Some have supposed that this means they voted. But to this interpretation there are insuperable objections: * The word “lots,” κλήρους klērous, is not used to expr...
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POWER TO GO ON (Acts 1:1-5)...
LOTS, LOT. Greek. _kleros._ Same word as "part", in Acts 1:17. NUMBERED. Greek. _sunkatapsephizo._ Only here. See note on Luke 14:28. WITH. Greek. _meta._ App-104....
_And they gave forth their lots_ Better, _And they_ GAVE LOTS FOR THEM, in accordance with MSS. The process probably was that each member of the company wrote on a tablet or ticket the name of one of...
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...
ΈΔΩΚΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΔΊΔΩΜΙ (G1325) давать, ΈΠΕΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΠΊΠΤΩ (G4098) падать, ΣΥΓΚΑΤΕΨΗΦΊΣΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΣΥΓΚΑΤΑΨΗΦΊΖΩ (G4785), _med._ присоединяться к осуждению; _pass...
AND THEY GAVE FORTH, &C.— This was, no doubt, most impartially adjusted, though we know not in what particular method. The honour which God had in peculiar instances conferred on inquiries by lot, (se...
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...
See notes on verse 23...
And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles. AND THEY GAVE FORTH THEIR LOTS, [ edookan (G1325) kleerous (G2819) autoon (G846)] - rat...
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...
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...
AND THEY GAVE FORTH THEIR LOTS. — As interpreted by the prayer of Acts 1:24, and by the word “fell” here, there can be no doubt that the passage speaks of “lots” and not “votes.” The two men were chos...
CHAPTER 4 THE ELECTION OF MATTHIAS. Acts 1:24 We have selected the incident of this apostolic election as the central point round which to group the events of the ten days' expectation which elapse...
καὶ ἔδωκαν κλήρους αὐτῶν, “they gave forth their lots,” A.V. But R.V. reads αὐτοῖς, “they gave lots for them”. R.V. margin, “unto them”. It is difficult to decide whether the expression means that the...
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...
Two men were selected who met those qualifications, Barsabas, surnamed Justus, and Matthias. Then, they addressed a prayer to the One who knows hearts, thus acknowledging their own inability to see in...
_And he gave them lots, which they might lawfully do, when they knew that both of them were fit, and every way qualified for the office. (Witham) --- Lots. This method of deciding the election of mini...
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 they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias. (24) And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, show whether of these two thou h...
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...
_THE ELECTION OF ST. MATTHIAS_ ‘The lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.’ Acts 1:26 The lesson of the festival of Matthias is emphatically one of encouragement. I...
26._They gave in their lots _We will not, in this place, make any long disputation about lots. Those men who think it to be wickedness to cast lots at all, offend partly through ignorance, and partly...
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...
AND THEY GAVE FORTH THEIR LOTS,.... Or "gave forth lots for them", as the Vulgate Latin and Ethiopic versions; for Joseph and Matthias; some for one, and some for another; and which were cast into a m...
And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles. Ver. 26. _They gave forth their lot_] Either into the bosom, Proverbs 16:23, or lap, or p...
_And they gave forth their lots_ That is, saith Grotius, they put two lots into two urns, the one containing the two names of Joseph and Matthias, the other a blank and the word _apostle:_ and then dr...
The choosing of Matthias:...
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...
TO TAKE PART IN THIS MINISTRY AND APOSTLESHIP FROM WHICH JUDAS BY TRANSGRESSION FELL, THAT HE MIGHT GO TO HIS OWN PLACE. " 26 AND THEY CAST THEIR LOTS, AND THE LOT FELL ON MATTHIAS. AND HE WAS NUMBER...
And they gave lots for them; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles. 'GAVE LOTS FOR THEM'-A practice often used in the O.T. (Numbers 2:55; Joshua 2:14; 1 Samuel...
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...
THEY GAVE FORTH THEIR LOTS; the manner is not so certain, nor necessary to be known; but the whole disposing of the lot being from the Lord, as PROVERBS 16:33, they were thus as it were immediately ch...
Acts 1:26 And G2532 cast G1325 (G5656) their G846 lots G2819 and G2532 lot G2819 fell G4098 (G5627) on G1909 Matthias G3159 And G2532 numbered G4785 (G5681) with G3326 eleven G1733 apostles G652 they...
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...
Acts 1:26. AND THE LOT FELL ON MATTHIAS. ‘The lots alluded to here were probably tablets with the names of the persons written upon them, and shaken in a vessel or in the lap of a robe (Proverbs 16:33...
HE WAS NUMBERED (συνκατεψηφισθη). To the Jews the lot did not suggest gambling, but "the O.T. method of learning the will of Jehovah" (Furneaux). The two nominations made a decision necessary and th...
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...
_And they appointed two._ AN ELECTION SERMON This, the earliest, stands remarkably distinguished from the episcopal elections of after ages. Every one acquainted with history knows that the election...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 1:26 The LOTS were probably marked stones that were placed in a pot and then shaken out (compare 1 Chronicles 26:13). This does not mean that people should cast lots to make decision...
_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...
1 Chronicles 24:5; 1 Samuel 14:41; 1 Samuel 14:42; Acts 13:19; Acts 1:23; Jonah 1:7; Joshua 18:10; Leviticus 16:8; Proverbs 16:22...
He was numbered [σ υ γ κ α τ ε ψ η φ ι σ θ η]. Only here in New Testament. See on counteth, Luke 14:28....