Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Acts 1:25
His own place] St. Peter speaks with merciful reserve, but probably means Hell ('Gehenna'). The same euphemism is found in rabbinical writings.
His own place] St. Peter speaks with merciful reserve, but probably means Hell ('Gehenna'). The same euphemism is found in rabbinical writings.
ACTS 1:25 to,pon (1) {B} Under the influence of to.n klh/ron th/j diakoni,aj tau,thj (ver. Acts 1:17), the Textus Receptus, following a C3 E and the overwhelming bul...
Verse Acts 1:25. _THAT HE MAY TAKE PART OF THIS MINISTRY_, c.] Instead of τον κληρον, _the lot_, which we translate _part_, τον τοπον, _the place_, is the reading of ABC*, _Coptic, Vulgate_, and the...
THAT HE MAY TAKE PART OF THIS MINISTRY - The word rendered “part” - κλῆρον klēron - is the same which in the next verse is rendered lots. It properly means a lot or portion the portion divided to a...
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...
ELECTION OF A TWELFTH APOSTLE.In those days (_cf._ Mark 1:9; a vague expression) Peter comes forward as leader. 1 Corinthians 15:6 * speaks of 500 brethren at once. The first to whom the risen Lord ap...
"So then, of the men who were with us during all the time our Lord went in and out amongst us, beginning from the baptism of John until the day on which he was taken up from us--of these we must choos...
POWER TO GO ON (Acts 1:1-5)...
TAKE PART. receive the lot. Greek. _kleros._ THIS MINISTRY, &C.. this apostolic ministry. Figure of speech _Hendiadys._ App-6. APOSTLESHIP. Greek. _apostole._ Only here, Romans 1:5; 1 Corinthians 9:2...
_that he may take part_ The best MSS. read _that he may take_ THE PLACE, &c. The _Rec. Text_has the same words here and in Acts 1:17, as is represented in the A. V. A scribe remembering the former wou...
ELECTION OF AN APOSTLE TO FILL THE PLACE OF JUDAS ISCARIOT...
ΤΌΠΟΝ for κλῆρον with ABCD. _Text. recept_. seems to have been a change made because τόπον occurs again in the verse. The _Vulg_. has ‘locum,’ א κλῆρον. ἈΦ' for ἐξ with אABCD. 25. ΤΌΠΟΝ. Used in the...
_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...
ΛΑΒΕΊΝ _aor. act. inf., см._ Acts 1:8. Эпэкз. _inf._ или _inf._ намерения, ΠΑΡΈΒΗ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΠΑΡΑΒΑΊΝΩ (G3845) идти рядом, поворачиваться в сторону, ΠΟΡΕΥΘΉΝΑΙ _aor. pass. (dep.) inf., см._...
THAT HE MIGHT GO TO HIS OWN PLACE.— That is, to the place and state of lost souls. It was a maxim among the Jews, "He who betrayeth an Israelite, shall have no part in the world to come." The term _hi...
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 come...
See notes on verse 23...
That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place. THAT HE MAY TAKE PART, [ kleeron (G2819, or 'take the place'] of thi...
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...
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...
THAT HE MAY TAKE PART OF THIS MINISTRY. — Better, _the portion,_ or _the lot,_ so as to give the word (_cleros,_ as in Acts 1:17) the same prominence in English as it has in the Greek. FROM WHICH JUD...
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 elapsed...
τὸν κλῆρον : R.V. τόπον marking the antithesis between the place in the Apostleship and “his own place” to which Judas had gone, Vulg. _locum_. τῆς διακονίας ταύτης καὶ ἀποστολῆς : as above we have no...
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 h...
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...
That he may take (y) part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression (z) fell, that he might go to his own place. (y) That he may be a member and partaker of this ministry....
_ To his own place of perdition, which he brought himself to. (Witham)_...
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...
_“To receive a place of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas departed to go into his own place.”_ So long as Judas was true to the ministry and apostleship of our Lord, he enjoyed a place i...
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...
25.(75) _Of the ministry and apostleship. _Because the word ministry was base, he addeth apostleship, wherein there is greater dignity; although the sense shall be more plain if you expound it, “the m...
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...
THAT HE MAY TAKE PART OF THIS MINISTRY AND APOSTLESHIP,.... Of the ministry of the apostles, or of the apostolical ministration; which lay in preaching the Gospel, administering ordinances, planting c...
That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place. Ver. 25. _Go to his own place_] A place of his own providing; and th...
_And they prayed_ With great seriousness and solemnity, and in faith, persuaded their prayer would be answered; _Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men_ With all the counsels, the designs, an...
HIS OWN PLACE; his appropriate abode; that for which he was fitted; the place of torment. Matthew 25:46; Matthew 26:24. In the future world every man will go to the place for which he is prepared. To...
The choosing of Matthias:...
THAT HE MAY TAKE PART OF THIS MINISTRY AND APOSTLESHIP FROM WHICH JUDAS BY TRANSGRESSION FELL, THAT HE MIGHT GO TO HIS OWN PLACE....
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...
to take the place in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas fell away, that he might go to his own place. 'TO HIS OWN PLACE'-i.e.. place of destruction. 'It is the place which was peculiarly...
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...
OLBGrk; MINISTRY AND APOSTLESHIP, klhron, or every one's station in the world, is ordered by the providence of God, and their part or portion is assigned to them; and so the apostleship was unto the a...
Acts 1:25 take G2983 (G5629) part G2819 this G5026 ministry G1248 and G2532 apostleship G651 from G1537 which...
‘And they prayed, and said, “You, Lord, who know the hearts of all men, show of these two the one whom you have chosen, to take the place in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas fell away, t...
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 1:25. THAT HE MAY TAKE PART OF THIS MINISTRY AND APOSTLESHIP. The word ϰλῆρος _(clerus),_ translated ‘part,' better perhaps ‘the place,' signifies (1) a lot, (2) anything assigned by lot; for ins...
APOSTLESHIP (αποστολης). Jesus had called the twelve apostles. An old word for sending away, then for a release, then the office and dignity of an apostle (Acts 1:25; Romans 1:5; 1 Corinthians 9:2;...
TRANSGRESSION SIN (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 3:23). _...
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...
_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;...
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 10:13; 1 Chronicles 10:14; 2 Peter 2:3; Acts 1:16;...
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 trespas...
Fell — By his transgression — Some time before his death: to go to his own place — That which his crimes had deserved, and which he had chosen for himself, far from the other apostles, in the region o...