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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 1.13 (King James Version) :And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James.King James Version (1769), domaine public — texte : eBible.org