to take up this ministry and apostleship, which Judas abandoned to go to his rightful place.”
Parallel translations
- WEB to take part in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas fell away, that he might go to his own place.”
- KJV That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.
- NKJV to take part in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.”
- NASB to occupy this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place.”
- NLT as an apostle to replace Judas in this ministry, for he has deserted us and gone where he belongs.”
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Quick answer
They ask God to show who should take the ministry and apostleship Judas abandoned. It frames the office as a stewardship to be filled faithfully.
Overview
Judas 'fell away' to 'his own place,' a sober reference to his deserved end. The vacant apostleship is a sacred trust that must be restored. The community seeks God's appointment so the witness of the Twelve may continue intact.
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Cross-references · 15
- 1 Cor 9:2Even if I am not an apostle to others, surely I am to you. For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
- Rom 1:5Through Him and on behalf of His name, we received grace and apostleship to call all those among the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith.
- John 17:12While I was with them, I protected and preserved them by Your name, the name You gave Me. Not one of them has been lost, except the son of destruction, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled.
- John 6:70–71Jesus answered them, “Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!”
- Acts 1:16–21“Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled which the Holy Spirit foretold through the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide for those who arrested Jesus.
- Gal 2:8For the One who was at work in Peter’s apostleship to the circumcised was also at work in my apostleship to the Gentiles.
- 1 Chr 10:13–14So Saul died for his unfaithfulness to the LORD, because he did not keep the word of the LORD and even consulted a medium for guidance,
- Jude 1:6–7And the angels who did not stay within their own domain but abandoned their proper dwelling—these He has kept in eternal chains under darkness, bound for judgment on that great day.
- Matt 25:46And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
- Ps 109:7When he is tried, let him be found guilty, and may his prayer be regarded as sin.
- Matt 26:24The Son of Man will go just as it is written about Him, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed. It would be better for him if he had not been born.”
- Matt 25:41Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
- Matt 27:3–5When Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was filled with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders.
- 2 Pet 2:3–6In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.
- John 13:27And when Judas had taken the morsel, Satan entered into him. Then Jesus said to Judas, “What you are about to do, do quickly.”
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