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Acts Chapter 1 verse 17 Holy Bible

ASV Acts 1:17

For he was numbered among us, and received his portion in this ministry.
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BBE Acts 1:17

For he was numbered among us, and had his part in our work.
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DARBY Acts 1:17

for he was numbered amongst us, and had received a part in this service.
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KJV Acts 1:17

For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry.
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WBT Acts 1:17

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WEB Acts 1:17

For he was numbered with us, and received his portion in this ministry.
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YLT Acts 1:17

because he was numbered among us, and did receive the share in this ministration,
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 17. - Among for with, A.V. ; received his portion in for had obtained part of, A.V. For he was numbered, etc. This is said in order to show that the passage in the Psalms applied strictly to Judas, seeing he had held his portion in the ministry and office of an apostle (see John 6:71). His portion; literally, his lot; i.e. the portion which fell to him by lot. The language is taken from the Old Testament (see e.g. Joshua 18:10, 11; Joshua 19:1, 10, etc.). Those who received such a portion (κλῆρον) were clergy.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(17) For he was numbered with us.--Literally, he had been numbered.Had obtained part of this ministry.--Better, the portion, or inheritance. The Greek has the article, and the noun (cleros) is one which afterwards acquired a special half-technical sense in the words, clerus, clericus, "clerk," "clergy." In 1Peter 5:3, as being "lords over the heritage," we find it in a transition sense. (See Note on Acts 1:25.)