Acts 1:21
19 And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood.
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.
Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
22 Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection.
23 And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Therefore it is necessary to choose one of the men who have accompanied us the whole time the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
- KJV
- Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
- WEB
- “Of the men therefore who have accompanied us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
- ASV
- Of the men therefore that have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and went out among us,
- DARBY
- It is necessary therefore, that of the men who have assembled with us all [the] time in which the Lord Jesus came in and went out among us,
- BLB
- Therefore it is necessary for the men having accompanied us in all the time that the Lord Jesus came in and went out among us,
- ÅB
- Derfor bør en av de menn som vandret sammen med oss i all den tid den Herre Jesus gikk inn og ut hos oss,
- OTB
- Derfor er det nødvendig å velge en av de menn som har vært med oss hele tiden Herren Jesus gikk inn og ut blant oss,
- B1930
- Derfor bør en av de menn som vandret sammen med oss i all den tid den Herre Jesus gikk inn og ut hos oss,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 15:27
And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
Read in contextLuke 10:1–2
After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come.
Read in contextNumbers 27:17
Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them, and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the congregation of the LORD be not as sheep which have no shepherd.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 31:2
And he said unto them, I am an hundred and twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and come in: also the LORD hath said unto me, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan.
Read in context2 Samuel 5:2
Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel.
Read in contextJohn 10:1–9
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
Read in context1 Kings 3:7
And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in.
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