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The Apostle's Resume
Commentators explain that the qualifications for replacing Judas were strict. The candidate had to be a constant companion of Jesus throughout His entire public ministry, from His baptism by John until His ascension. This ensured the new apostle was a credible, firsthand witness to the life, teachings, and especially the resurrection of Christ.
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Albert Barnes
On Acts 1:21–22
18th Century
Theologian
Wherefore of these men. This refers to those men who had witnessed the life and works of Christ and were therefore qualified to discharge …
AT Robertson
On Acts 1:21
Must (δε). Present necessity corresponding to the old necessity (εδε) about Judas (verse 16). This sentence in verses 21,22 begins…
Charles Ellicott
On Acts 1:21
19th Century
Bishop
Wherefore of these men which have companied with us.—From the retrospective glance at the guilt and punishment of the tra…
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Acts 1:21
A twelvefold apostolic witness was required if early Jewish Christianity was to represent itself to the Jewish nation as the culmination of Israel’…
John Calvin
On Acts 1:21
16th Century
Theologian
We must therefore. What he introduces here might seem, at first sight, to be far-fetched. For if David spoke of transposing Judas’s bishop…
John Gill
On Acts 1:21
17th Century
Pastor
Therefore of these men which have companied with us
Seeing there was such an imprecation, which carried in it the na…
Matthew Henry
On Acts 1:15–26
17th Century
Minister
The great thing the apostles were to attest to the world was Christ's resurrection, for that was the great proof of His being the Messiah and the f…