Acts 1:26
And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.
KJV
καὶ ἔδωκαν κλήρους αὐτοῖς, καὶ ἔπεσεν ὁ κλῆρος ἐπὶ Μαθθίαν, καὶ συνκατεψηφίσθη μετὰ τῶν ἕνδεκα ἀποστόλων.
Greek NT
Et dederunt sortes eis, et cecidit sors super Mathiam : et annumeratus est cum undecim Apostolis.
Vulgate
And they gave lots for them; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.
ASV
And they gave them lot, and the lot fell upon Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.
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12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- αὐτοῖς — SBLGNT
- αὐτοῖς — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- αὐτῶν — Robinson-Pierpont
Doctrines that cite this verse
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6 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…
1. We have discussed in the preceding book those subjects in ecclesiastical history which it was necessary to treat by way of introduction, and have accompanied them with brief proofs. Such were the divinity of the saving Word, and the antiquity of the doctrines which we teach, as well as of that evangelical life which is led by Christians, together with the events which have t…
Tertullian challenges the heretics to produce their lists of bishops going back to the apostles. The churches that can trace their episcopal succession from the apostolic founders possess the authentic tradition. Novelty of origin betrays novelty of doctrine; only antiquity guarantees truth.
Cross-references
- 1Sam 14:41 — Therefore Saul said unto the LORD God of Israel, Give a perfect lot. And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped.
- Jonah 1:7 — And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.
- Josh 18:10 — And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD: and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions.
- Lev 16:8 — And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the LORD, and the other lot for the scapegoat.
- Prov 16:33 — The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD.