25That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.
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If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord.
By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:
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? …
Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus. …
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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