Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 1:24

24 Zhòngrén jiù dǎogào shuō , Zhǔ a , nǐ zhīdào wàn rén de xīn , qiú nǐ cōng zhè liǎng gèrén zhòng , zhí míng nǐ suǒ jiǎnxuǎn de shì shuí , jiào tā dé zhè shǐtú de wèi fèn .

Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 1:24 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 1:24

And they prayed and said
Having proposed the above two persons, and not well knowing which to pitch upon, they being both very agreeable and fit for such service; they chose not to determine the affair without seeking to God for direction; a method to be taken in all cases, and especially in matters of importance: and the substance of their petition, though perhaps not in just the same words, was,

thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men;
which is a character peculiar to the one only living, and true God; for none knows the hearts of men, but God, who is the Maker of them; and he knows all the thoughts, counsels, and purposes of them, and the good or bad that is in them:

shew whether of these two thou hast chosen;
being desirous of having their choice directed by the choice God had made, in his eternal mind; and which they desired might be signified and pointed out to them, in some way or another, that they might be certain of the mind and will of God, and act according to it.

Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 1:24 In-Context

22 Jiù shì cōng Yuēhàn shīxǐ qǐ , zhídào zhǔ líkāi wǒmen beì jiē shàng shēng de rìzi wéizhǐ , bìxū cōng nà cháng yǔ wǒmen zuò bàn de rén zhōng , lì yī wèi yǔ wǒmen tóng zuò Yēsū fùhuó de jiànzhèng .

23 Yúshì xuǎnjǔ liǎng gèrén , jiù shì nà jiào zuò Bāsābā yòu chēnghu Yóushìdōu de Yūesè , hé Mǎtíyà, .

24 Zhòngrén jiù dǎogào shuō , Zhǔ a , nǐ zhīdào wàn rén de xīn , qiú nǐ cōng zhè liǎng gèrén zhòng , zhí míng nǐ suǒ jiǎnxuǎn de shì shuí , jiào tā dé zhè shǐtú de wèi fèn .

25 Zhè wèi fèn Yóudà yǐjing diūqì , wǎng zìjǐ de dìfang qù le .

26 Yúshì zhòngrén wéi tāmen yáo qiā , yáo chū Mǎtíyà, lái . tā jiù hé shí yī gè shǐtú tóng liè .