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Matthias's Choice
An analysis of Acts 1.15-26, recounting the election of Matthias to replace Judas Iscariot. Peter, the disciples' natural spokesman, bases the need for this replacement on the Psalms. The criteria for apostleship are specified: having followed Jesus since his baptism and being a witness to his resurrection. Matthias is finally chosen by lot after prayer, restoring the body of the Twelve, a symbol of the twelve tribes of Israel.
Acts 1.21-22 (King James Version) :Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,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.King James Version (1769), domaine public — texte : eBible.org