Acts 1:15-22
Summary for Acts 1:16-17: 1:16-17 a the Scriptures had to be fulfilled: See 1:20 b.Summary for Acts 1:18-19: 1:18-19 c Matthew’s account (Matt 27:3-10 d) is somewhat different; the two can be harmonized by considering the priests’ purchase of the “Field of Blood” as acting in Judas’s name. In addition, Judas may have committed suicide by hanging, but he subsequently fell headfirst and his body split open, perhaps when the rope broke.
Summary for Acts 1:20-21: 1:20-21 e ‘Let someone else take his position’: It was imperative that a replacement be found for Judas so that his position as the twelfth apostle would not remain empty. The new people of God, like Israel, were to have twelve designated and appointed leaders (see Matt 19:28 f; Luke 22:29-30 g).
Summary for Acts 1:21-22: 1:21-22 h To qualify for nomination as an apostle, a man had to have been with the other apostles the entire time of Jesus’ public ministry, from the time he was baptized by John until his ascension.
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