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; Psalms 109:8). These leaders parallel the heads of the 12 tribes of Israel in the OT (see Luke 22:30; Revelation 21:12, Revelation 21:14). Later, others became “apostles,” including at least Paul and Barnabas (Acts 14:4, Acts 14:14) and James, the Lord’s brother (Galatians 1:19). However, apostles were not replaced from this point onward. See also note on Rom. 1:1.

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