Bible Strands
Acts 1:25
to take up this ministry and apostleship, which Judas abandoned to go to his rightful place.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The apostles are gathered in Jerusalem after Jesus' ascension, praying to the Lord to reveal which of the two candidates He has chosen to replace Judas.
The words — λαβεῖν (labein) translates literally as "to take," and τὸν τόπον (ton topon) means "the place."
The thread — The text's focus on apostolic office runs through John 6:70 where Jesus notes one of the Twelve is a devil, and extends to Romans 1:5 and 1 Corinthians 9:2 where Paul describes his own received apostleship.
Why it lands — The passage requires the reader to recognize that ministry and apostleship are specific assignments that must be deliberately assumed by divine selection, not left vacant.
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The Greek words
King James Version
That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.
Cross-references
- 1 Corinthians 9:2 Even if I am not an apostle to others, surely I am to you. For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
- Romans 1:5 Through 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 6:70 Jesus answered them, “Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!”
- John 17:12 While 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.
- Acts 1:16 “Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled that the Holy Spirit foretold through the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide for those who arrested Jesus.
- Galatians 2:8 For the One who was at work in Peter’s apostleship to the circumcised was also at work in my apostleship to the Gentiles.
- 1 Chronicles 10:13 So 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 And 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.
- Psalms 109:7 When he is tried, let him be found guilty, and may his prayer be regarded as sin.
- Matthew 25:41 Then 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.