Acts 1:25

That he may take part [λ α β ε ι ν τ ο ν κ λ η ρ ο ν]. Lit., to take the lot. But the best texts read ton topon, the place. Rev., to take the place. By transgression fell [π α ρ ε β η]. See on trespasses, Matthew 6:14. The rendering of the A. V. is explanatory. Rev., better, fell away.

His own place. Compare "the place in this ministry." Ton idion, his own, is stronger than the simple possessive pronoun. It is the place which was peculiarly his, as befitting his awful sin - Gehenna.