 | Job Scott - 1831 - 600 pages
...ministry," we find the apostles setting apart two others, and thus praying the Lord, (verse 24, 25,) " Show whether of these two thou hast chosen, that he may...transgression fell, that he might go to his own place;" that is, doubtless to perdition. Now the scripture which Peter recites as being fulfilled in Judas,... | |
 | Samuel Drew - 1831 - 658 pages
...that, at death, it goes to dwell with Christ in the highest heavens, to enjoy a perfection of bliss.* " Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place/' Acts i. 25. These words were spoken by a Jew ; and the best way to understand his phraseology, will... | |
 | 1831 - 616 pages
...that, at death, it goes to dwell with Christ in the highest heavens, to enjoy a perfection of bliss.' " Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place," Acts i. 25. These words were spoken by a Jew ; and the best way to understand his phraseology, will... | |
 | John Mitchell Mason - 1832 - 458 pages
...(it was the Lord Jesus to whom they prayed,) Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shmo whether of these two thou hast chosen, that he may...his own place. And they gave forth their lots, and the lot fell upon Matthias ; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles. The decision was received... | |
 | Charles Lambert Coghlan - 1832 - 578 pages
...Justus, and Matthias. And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew in a cruse ; and behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my phce. Ac. i. ll¡. 20. 24, 25. 5 Sent fur tli.} The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain nobleman,... | |
 | Saint Epiphanius (Bishop of Constantia in Cyprus) - 1987 - 396 pages
...to the denial of God. (4) Thus the apostles made Matthias one of them in his stead with the words, "from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place."40 (5) And what sort of "place" but the one the Savior had awarded him by calling him a "son... | |
 | Philip Schaff - 1980 - 600 pages
...Justus, and Matthias. And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, show whether of these two thou hast chosen, that he may...transgression fell, that he might go to his own place." (v. 24, 25.) They do well to mention the sin of Judas, thereby showing that it is a witness they ask... | |
 | Frank Damazio - 1988 - 364 pages
...deacon. In Acts 1:24,25, the apostles asked God to "show whether of these two (Joseph or Matthias) thou hast chosen, that he may take part of this ministry...apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell. "The apostle Paul admonishes Archippus to "take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the... | |
 | John R. Rice - 2000 - 568 pages
...resurrection. Matthias is not heard from again . It is true in verse 25 that the apostles wanted a man "that he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell." But we believe the part of the apostleship which he took was simply to witness to Christ's resurrection.... | |
 | Herbert Lockyer - 1988 - 284 pages
...devil, for if he dies outside of Christ, he goes out to an eternity of contrition. Luke says that, "Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place" (Acts 1: 25). John has the arrestive phrase, "He . . . went immediately out, and it was night" (13:30).... | |
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And they prayed, and said. Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen, that he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place. 
