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20 For it is written in the book of Psalms,

‘Let his habitation become desolate,
and let there be no one to live in it’;

and

‘His office let another take.’

21 So one of the men who have accompanied us during all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, 22 beginning from the baptism of John until the day when he was taken up from us—one of these men must become with us a witness to his resurrection.”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 1.22 An apostle must be a witness to Christ’s resurrection.

20 “For it is written in the Book of Psalms:

(A)‘Let his dwelling place be [a]desolate,
And let no one live in it’;

and,

(B)‘Let another take his [b]office.’

21 “Therefore, of these men who have accompanied us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, 22 beginning from the baptism of John to that day when (C)He was taken up from us, one of these must (D)become a witness with us of His resurrection.”

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 1:20 deserted
  2. Acts 1:20 Gr. episkopen, position of overseer