Acts 1:20

God's Word

You’ve read in Psalms, ‘Let his home be deserted, and let no one live there,’ and ‘Let someone else take his position.’ “Therefore, someone must be added to our number to serve with us as a witness that Jesus came back to life.

Cross References

Psalm 69:25

Let their camp be deserted and their tents empty.

Leviticus 14:42

The stones must be replaced, and the house must be plastered again.

Luke 20:42

David says in the book of Psalms, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Take the honored position—the one next to me [God the Father] on the heavenly throne—

Luke 24:44

Then he said to them, “These are the words I spoke to you while I was still with you. I told you that everything written about me in Moses’ Teachings, the Prophets, and the Psalms had to come true.”

Acts 1:16

“Brothers, what the Holy Spirit predicted through David in Scripture about Judas had to come true. Judas led the men to arrest Jesus.

Acts 1:25

Show us who is to take the place of Judas as an apostle, since Judas abandoned his position to go to the place where he belongs.”

Acts 13:33

God has fulfilled the promise for us, their descendants, by bringing Jesus back to life. This is what Scripture says in the second psalm: ‘You are my Son. Today I have become your Father.’