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1 In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach 2 until the day he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen. 3 After his suffering, he presented himself to them and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive.

Acts 1:17 refers to Judas as having been part of the apostolic ministry. 2. The Apostles The group of twelve men chosen by Jesus to be His closest followers and to spread His teachings. They were witnesses to Jesus' life, death, and resurrection. 3. The Early Church

What does Acts 1:17 mean? Peter is recounting the story of Judas Iscariot to the group of 120 Jesus-followers who are in Jerusalem, waiting for the Holy Spirit (Acts 1:5, 15). Judas betrayed Jesus to the chief priests and elders (Matthew 26:47–56), …

It is fit that God should choose his own servants; and so far as he, by the disposals of his providence, or the gifts of his Spirit, shows whom he was chosen, or what he has chosen for us, we ought to fall in with his will.

1 In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach 2 until the day he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen. 3 After his suffering, he presented himself to them and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive.

The Bible verse Acts 1:17 in the King James Version (KJV) reads, "For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry." This verse is part of a passage in the book of Acts, which details the events following the resurrection of Jesus Christ and the appointment of Matthias as an apostle to replace Judas Iscariot.

: Trusting Jesus First, Only, Now, and Always. He was one of our number and shared in our ministry.”

It begins at the ascension of Christ, and reaches to the imprisonment of the Apostle Paul at Rome; and is a history of upwards of thirty years: it gives an account of the first Gospel church at Jerusalem, and of the progress of the Gospel there, and in Judea, by the means of all the apostles, and particularly Peter, the minister of the ...

He was one of our number and shared in our ministry.” (With the payment he received for his wickedness, Judas bought a field; there he fell headlong, his body burst open and all his intestines spilled out. Everyone in Jerusalem heard about this, so they called that field in their language Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood.)