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Handelingen 1:24

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24 En zij baden en zeiden: Gij Heere! Gij Kenner der harten van allen, wijs van deze twee een aan, dien Gij uitverkoren hebt;

Handelingen 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.

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Handelingen 1:24 In-Context

22 Beginnende van den doop van Johannes, tot den dag toe, in welken Hij van ons opgenomen is, een derzelven met ons getuige worde van Zijn opstanding.
23 En zij stelden er twee, Jozef, genaamd Barsabas, die toegenaamd was Justus, en Matthias.
24 En zij baden en zeiden: Gij Heere! Gij Kenner der harten van allen, wijs van deze twee een aan, dien Gij uitverkoren hebt;
25 Om te ontvangen het lot dezer bediening en des apostelschaps, waarvan Judas afgeweken is, dat hij heenging in zijn eigen plaats.
26 En zij wierpen hun loten; en het lot viel op Matthias, en hij werd met gemene toestemming tot de elf apostelen gekozen.
The Dutch Staten Vertaling translation is in the public domain.

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