Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Acts 1:26 - 1:26

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Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Acts 1:26 - 1:26


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26. κλήρους. The giving of lots was a provision in the Law (Lev 16:8) by which one of the two goats offered on the great Day of Atonement was to be selected for the Lord. ‘The goat upon which the Lord’s lot fell’ was offered for a sin offering. Most probably in this case each one of the Eleven wrote on a tablet the name of that one of the two men for whom in his heart he was prompted to vote, and he who had most votes was chosen to fill the vacant place among the Apostolic band.

St Chrysostom, on this passage, remarks that these events took place before Pentecost. After the Holy Ghost had been given they used no more casting of lots.

συγκατεψηφίσθη μετά, he was numbered (literally together) with. This is an example of redundancy of prepositions with which may be compared LXX. Psa 46:10, ἄρχοντες λαῶν συνήχθησαν μετὰ τοῦ θεοῦ Ἀβραάμ. See also Eze 28:7.