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Acts 1:21-23
1599 Geneva Bible
Acts 1:21-23
1599 Geneva Bible
21 [a]Wherefore of these men which have companied with us, all the time that the Lord Jesus was [b]conversant among us,
22 Beginning from the baptism of John unto the day that he was taken up [c]from us, must one of them be made a witness with us of his resurrection.
23 [d]And they [e]presented two, Joseph called Barsabas, whose surname was Justus, and Matthias.
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- Acts 1:21 The Apostles deliberate upon nothing, but first they consult and take advisement by God’s word: and again they do nothing that concerneth and is behoovable for the whole body of the Congregation, without making the Congregation privy unto it.
- Acts 1:21 Word for word, went in and out, which kind of speech betokeneth as much in the Hebrew tongue, as the exercising of a public and painful office, when they speak of such as are in any public office, Deut. 31:2; 1 Chron. 27:1.
- Acts 1:22 From our company.
- Acts 1:23 Apostles must be chosen immediately from God, and therefore after prayers, Matthias is chosen by lot, which is as it were GOD’S own voice.
- Acts 1:23 Openly, and by the voices of all the whole company.
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