17For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry.
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That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.
But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
And Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed him: and they went into an house.
While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.
Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil? …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 15-26)The sin of Judas was not only his shame and ruin, but it made a vacancy in the college of the apostles. They were ordained twelve, with an eye to the twelve tribes of Israel , descended from the twelve patriarchs; they were the twelve stars that make up the church’s crown (Rev. 12:1), and for them twelve thrones were designated, Matt. 19:28. Now being twelve when they were learners, if they were b…
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