Acts 1:20 Parallel Translations

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.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take.

ASV:

For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be made desolate, And let no man dwell therein: and, His office let another take.

BBE:

For in the book of Psalms it says, Let his house be waste, and let no man be living in it: and, Let his position be taken by another.

DBY:

For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his homestead become desolate, and let there be no dweller in it; and, Let another take his overseership.

ERV:

For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be made desolate, And let no man dwell therein: and, His office let another take.

WEY:

"For it is written in the Book of Psalms, "'Let his encampment be desolate: let there be no one to dwell there'; and "'His work let another take up.'

WBS:

For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell in it: and, His bishopric let another take.

WEB:

For it is written in the book of Psalms,'Let his habitation be made desolate. Let no one dwell therein;' and,'Let another take his office.'

YLT:

for it hath been written in the book of Psalms: Let his lodging-place become desolate, and let no one be dwelling in it, and his oversight let another take.

Acts 1:20 Cross References

XREF:

Psalm 69:25 May their camp be desolate; May none dwell in their tents.

Psalm 109:8 Let his days be few; Let another take his office. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

1:20 For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his {s} bishoprick let another take.
(s) His office and ministry: David wrote these words against Doeg the King's herdsman: and these words shepherd, sheep, and flock are used with reference to the Church office and ministry, so that the Church and the offices are called by these names.

PNT:

1:20 His office let another take. This is, rather, an application of the spirit of Ps 109:8. than its exact words. It sets forth the desert of persecutors.

WES:

1:20 His bishopric - That is, his apostleship. Psa 69:25.

MHC:

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.

CONC:

Bishopric Bishoprick Book Deserted Desolate Dwell Dweller Dwelling Encampment Habitation Homestead Leadership Lodging-place Office Overseership Oversight Position Psalms Says Therein Waste Written

Book Deserted Desolate Dwell Dweller Dwelling Encampment Habitation His Homestead House Office Oversight Peter Position Psalms Therein Waste Work Written

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