Acts 1:17

Amplified Bible

"For he (Judas) was counted among us and received his share [by divine allotment] in this ministry."

Parallel Translations

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
For he was noubred with vs and had obtayned fellouship in this ministracion.

Hebrew Names Version
For he was numbered with us, and received his portion in this ministry.

International Standard Version
For he was one of our number and was chosen to share in this ministry."Matthew 10:4; Luke 6:16; Acts 2:25; 12:25; 20:24; 21:19;">[xr]

New American Standard Bible
"For he was counted among us and received his share in this ministry."

Update Bible Version
For he was numbered among us, and received his portion in this service.

Webster's Bible Translation
For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry.

English Standard Version
For he was numbered among us and was allotted his share in this ministry."

World English Bible
For he was numbered with us, and received his portion in this ministry.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry.

Weymouth's New Testament
For Judas was reckoned as one of our number, and a share in this ministry was allotted to him."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and was noumbrid among vs, and gat a part of this seruyce.

English Revised Version
For he was numbered among us, and received his portion in this ministry.

Berean Standard Bible
He was one of our number and shared in this ministry."

American Standard Version
For he was numbered among us, and received his portion in this ministry.

Bible in Basic English
For he was numbered among us, and had his part in our work.

Complete Jewish Bible
he was one of us and had been assigned a part in our work."

Darby Translation
for he was numbered amongst us, and had received a part in this service.

Etheridge Translation
For he had numbered with us, and had part in this ministry.

Murdock Translation
For he was numbered with us, and had a part in this ministry.

King James Version (1611)
For hee was numbred with vs, and had obtained part of this ministerie.

New Living Translation
Judas was one of us and shared in the ministry with us."

New Life Bible
Judas was one of our group and had a part in our work.

New Revised Standard
for he was numbered among us and was allotted his share in this ministry."

Geneva Bible (1587)
For hee was nombred with vs, and had obteined felowship in this ministration.

George Lamsa Translation
For he was numbered with us and had a lot # in this ministry.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For that he had come to be reckoned among us and obtained the lot of this ministry. -

Douay-Rheims Bible
Who was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry.

Revised Standard Version
For he was numbered among us, and was allotted his share in this ministry.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
For he was numbred with vs, & had obteyned felowship in this ministerie.

Good News Translation
Judas was a member of our group, for he had been chosen to have a part in our work."

Christian Standard Bible®
For he was one of our number and shared in this ministry.”

King James Version
For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry.

Lexham English Bible
because he was counted among us and received a share in this ministry."

Literal Translation
for he was numbered with us, and obtained a portion of this ministry.

Young's Literal Translation
because he was numbered among us, and did receive the share in this ministration,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
for he was nombred with vs, and had opteyned the felashippe of this mynistracion.

Mace New Testament (1729)
he was of our number, and shared in the functions of this ministry.

New English Translation
for he was counted as one of us and received a share in this ministry."

New King James Version
for he was numbered with us and obtained a part in this ministry."

Simplified Cowboy Version
Judas gathered right alongside of us in this ministry."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"For he was counted among us and received his share in this ministry."

Legacy Standard Bible
For he was counted among us and received his share in this ministry."

Contextual Overview

¹⁵Now on one of these days Peter stood up among the brothers and sisters (a gathering of about a hundred and twenty believers was there) and he said, ¹⁶"Brothers and sisters, it was necessary that the Scripture be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit foretold by the lips of David [king of Israel] about Judas [Iscariot], who acted as guide to those who arrested Jesus. ¹⁷"For he (Judas) was counted among us and received his share [by divine allotment] in this ministry."¹⁸(Now Judas Iscariot acquired a piece of land [indirectly] with the [money paid him as a] reward for his treachery, and falling headlong, his body burst open in the middle and all his intestines poured out. ¹⁹All the people in Jerusalem learned about this, so in their own dialect—Aramaic—they called the piece of land Hakeldama, that is, Field of Blood.) ²⁰"For in the book of Psalms it is written, 'LET HIS PLACE OF RESIDENCE BECOME DESOLATE, AND LET THERE BE NO ONE TO LIVE IN IT'; and [again], 'LET ANOTHER TAKE HIS POSITION AS OVERSEER.' ²¹"So of the men who have accompanied us during all the time that the Lord Jesus spent with us, ²²beginning with the baptism by John [at the outset of Jesus' ministry] until the day when He was taken up from us—one of these men must become a witness with us [to testify] of His resurrection." ²³And they put forward two men, Joseph, the one called Barsabbas (who was surnamed Justus), and Matthias. ²⁴They prayed and said, "You, Lord, who know all hearts [their thoughts, motives, desires], show us which one of these two You have chosen

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

he: Matthew 10:4, Mark 3:19, Luke 6:16, Luke 22:47, John 6:70, John 6:71, John 17:12

this: Acts 1:25, Acts 12:25, Acts 20:24, Acts 21:19, 2 Corinthians 4:1, 2 Corinthians 5:18, Ephesians 4:11, Ephesians 4:12

Reciprocal: Habakkuk 2:9 - that coveteth an evil covetousness John 13:21 - one Acts 26:16 - a minister Colossians 1:23 - whereof Colossians 4:17 - the ministry

Cross-References

Genesis 9:13
I set My rainbow in the clouds, and it shall be a sign of a covenant between Me and the earth.

Job 38:12
"Since your days began, have you ever commanded the morning, And caused the dawn to know its place,

Psalms 8:1
O LORD, our Lord, How majestic and glorious and excellent is Your name in all the earth! You have displayed Your splendor above the heavens.

Psalms 8:3
When I see and consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, The moon and the stars, which You have established,

Acts 13:47
"For that is what the Lord has commanded us, saying, 'I HAVE PLACED YOU AS A LIGHT FOR THE GENTILES, SO THAT YOU MAY BRING [the message of eternal] SALVATION TO THE END OF THE EARTH.'"

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For he was numbered with us,.... He was chosen an apostle with: the rest, and was ordained into that office when they were, and was always reckoned one of the twelve, and stands in the catalogue when they are mentioned:

and had obtained part of this ministry; by lot, as the word signifies; the providence of God so ordering it, according to his eternal purpose and decree, that he was not only called an apostle, and enrolled among them, but he really had a part in that ministry; he preached, and baptized, and wrought miracles; and besides all this, carried the bag, was the treasurer, and a sort of a steward in Christ's family, and provided for it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He was numbered with us - He was chosen as an apostle by the Lord Jesus, Luke 6:13-16. This does not mean that he was a true Christian, but that he was reckoned among the apostles. Long before he betrayed him, Jesus declared that he was a devil, John 6:70. He knew his whole character when he chose him, John 2:25. If it be asked why he chose such a man to be an apostle; why he was made the treasurer of the apostles, and was admitted to the fullest confidence; we may reply, that a most important object was gained in having such a man - a spy - among them. It might be pretended, when the apostles bore testimony to the purity of life, of doctrine, and of purpose of the Lord Jesus, that they were interested and partial friends; that they might be disposed to suppress some of his real sentiments, and represent him in a light more favorable than the truth. Hence, the testimony of such a man as Judas, if favorable, must be invaluable.

It would be free from the charge of partiality. If Judas knew anything unfavorable to the character of Jesus, he would have communicated it to the Sanhedrin. If he knew of any secret plot against the government, or seditious purpose, he had every inducement to declare it. He had every opportunity to know it; he was with him; heard him converse; was a member of his family, and admitted to terms of familiarity. Yet even Judas could not be bought or bribed, to testify against the moral character of the Saviour. If he had done it, or could have done it, it would have preserved him from the charge of treason; would have entitled him to the reputation of a public benefactor in discovering secret sedition; and would have saved him from the pangs of remorse, and from self-murder. Judas would have done it if he could. But he alleged no such charge; he did not even dare to lisp a word against the pure designs of the Lord Jesus; and his own reproofs of conscience Matthew 27:4, and his voluntary death Matthew 27:5, furnish the highest proof that can be desired of his conviction that the betrayed Redeemer was innocent.

Judas would have been just the witness which the Jews desired of the treasonable purposes of Jesus. But that could not be procured, even by gold; and they wore compelled to suborn other men to testify against the Son of God, Matthew 26:60. We may add here, that the introduction of such a character as that of Judas Iscariot into the number of the apostles, and the use to be made of his testimony, would never have occurred to the author of a forged book. He would have said that they were all the true friends of the Lord Jesus. To have invented such a character as that of Judas, and to make him perform such a part in the plan as the sacred writers do, would have required too much art and cunning - was too refined and subtle a device, to have been thought of unless it had actually occurred.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 1:17. Obtained part of this ministry. — ελαχε τον κληρον, He obtained the lot of this ministry-not that he or any of the twelve apostles, was chosen to this ministry by lot, but as lot signifies the portion a man has in life, what comes to him in the course of the Divine providence, or as an especial gift of God's goodness, it is used here, as in many other parts of the sacred writings, to signify office or station. On this subject the reader is referred to on Leviticus 16:8, Leviticus 16:9 (note); Joshua 14:2 (note): see also Acts 1:26 (note).