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Acts 1:25

That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.

KJV

λαβεῖν τὸν τόπον τῆς διακονίας ταύτης καὶ ἀποστολῆς, ἀφ’ ἧς παρέβη Ἰούδας πορευθῆναι εἰς τὸν τόπον τὸν ἴδιον.

Greek NT

accipere locum ministerii hujus et apostolatus, de quo prævaricatus est Judas ut abiret in locum suum.

Vulgate

to take the place in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas fell away, that he might go to his own place.

ASV

To take the place of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas hath by transgression fallen, that he might go to his own place.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

διακονία
diakonia
noun · 34×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λαμβάνω
lambano
verb · 259×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
παραβαίνω
parabaino
verb · 3×
πορεύομαι
poreuomai
verb · 155×
τόπος
topos
noun · 95×
ἀποστολή
apostole
noun · 4×
ἀπό
apo
preposition · 640×
ἴδιος
idios
adjective · 114×
Ἰούδας
ioudas
noun · 37×
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: τόπον | WH/Treg/NIV: τόπον | RP: κλῆρον
  • τόπονSBLGNT
  • τόπονWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • κλῆρονRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ἀφ᾽ | WH/Treg/NIV: ἀφ᾽ | RP: ἐξ
  • ἀφ᾽SBLGNT
  • ἀφ᾽Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἐξRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§36The Acts of the Apostles provides evidence that Christian proclamation was engaged from the very first with the philosophical currents of the time. In Athens, we read, Saint Paul entered into discussion with “certain Epicurean and Stoic philosophers” (17:18); and exegetical analysis of his speech at the Areopagus has revealed frequent allusions to popular beliefs deriving for t…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 9:2 — 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.
  • 1Cor 9:27 — But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
  • 1Thess 5:9 — For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
  • 2Cor 2:11 — Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.
  • Acts 1:16 — 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.
  • Acts 1:17 — For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry.
  • Acts 1:20 — For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take.
  • Gal 2:8 — (For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:)
  • John 6:70 — Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?
  • John 17:12 — 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.
  • John 17:12 — 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.
  • Luke 9:25 — For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?
  • Luke 22:28 — Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations.
  • Prov 29:1 — He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
  • Ps 55:15 — Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.
  • Rom 1:5 — By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:
  • Rom 1:5 — By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name: