21 Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
21 Therefore it is necessary to choose one of the men who have been with us the whole time the Lord Jesus was living among us,
21 So one of the men who have accompanied us during all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
21 "Judas must now be replaced. The replacement must come from the company of men who stayed together with us
21 "Therefore, of these men who have accompanied us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
21 "So now we must choose a replacement for Judas from among the men who were with us the entire time we were traveling with the Lord Jesus-
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Acts 1:21
Commentary on Acts 1:15-26
(Read Acts 1:15-26)
The great thing the apostles were to attest to the world, was, Christ's resurrection; for that was the great proof of his being the Messiah, and the foundation of our hope in him. The apostles were ordained, not to wordly dignity and dominion, but to preach Christ, and the power of his resurrection. An appeal was made to God; "Thou, Lord, who knowest the hearts of all men," which we do not; and better than they know their own. It is fit that God should choose his own servants; and so far as he, by the disposals of his providence, or the gifts of his Spirit, shows whom he was chosen, or what he has chosen for us, we ought to fall in with his will. Let us own his hand in the determining everything which befalls us, especially in those by which any trust may be committed to us.