Acts 1:26

American Standard Version (1901)

And they gave lots for them; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.

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  • Lev 16:8 : 8 And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for Jehovah, and the other lot for Azazel.
  • Josh 18:10 : 10 And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before Jehovah: and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions.
  • 1 Sam 14:41-42 : 41 Therefore Saul said unto Jehovah, the God of Israel, Show the right. And Jonathan and Saul were taken [by lot] ; but the people escaped. 42 And Saul said, Cast [lots] between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken.
  • 1 Chr 24:5 : 5 Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for there were princes of the sanctuary, and princes of God, both of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.
  • Prov 16:22 : 22 Understanding is a well-spring of life unto him that hath it; But the correction of fools is [their] folly.
  • Jonah 1:7 : 7 And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.
  • Acts 2:14 : 14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and spake forth unto them, [saying], Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and give ear unto my words.
  • Acts 13:19 : 19 And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave [them] their land for an inheritance, for about four hundred and fifty years:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Acts 1:20-25
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    20For 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. [

    21Of the men therefore that have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and went out among us,

    22beginning from the baptism of John, unto the day that he was received up from us, of these must one become a witness with us of his resurrection.

    23And they put forward two, Joseph called Barsabbas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.

    24And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, who knowest the hearts of all men, show of these two the one whom thou hast chosen,

    25to take the place in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas fell away, that he might go to his own place.

  • Acts 1:15-17
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    15And in these days Peter stood up in the midst of the brethren, and said (and there was a multitude of persons [gathered] together, about a hundred and twenty),

    16Brethren, it was needful that the Scripture should be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spake before by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who was guide to them that took Jesus.

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

  • Acts 1:13
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    13And when they were come in, they went up into the upper chamber, where they were abiding; both Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James [the son] of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas [the son] of James.

  • Luke 6:13-14
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    13And when it was day, he called his disciples; and he chose from them twelve, whom also he named apostles:

    14Simon, whom he also named Peter, and Andrew his brother, and James and John, and Philip and Bartholomew,

  • 1 Chr 25:8-9
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    8And they cast lots for their offices, all alike, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.

    9Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah; he and his brethren and sons were twelve:

  • Jonah 1:7
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    7And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.

  • 1 Chr 26:13-14
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    13And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to their fathers' houses, for every gate.

    14And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a discreet counsellor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.

  • Mark 3:14
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    14And he appointed twelve, that they might be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach,

  • Matt 10:2-3
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    2Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the [son] of Zebedee, and John his brother;

    3Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the [son] of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;

  • Mark 15:24
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    24And they crucify him, and part his garments among them, casting lots upon them, what each should take.

  • Mark 3:18
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    18and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the [son] of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Cananaean,

  • 1 Sam 14:41-42
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    41Therefore Saul said unto Jehovah, the God of Israel, Show the right. And Jonathan and Saul were taken [by lot] ; but the people escaped.

    42And Saul said, Cast [lots] between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken.

  • Acts 1:2
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    2until the day in which he was received up, after that he had given commandment through the Holy Spirit unto the apostles whom he had chosen:

  • Matt 27:35
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    35And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments among them, casting lots;

  • Acts 6:5-6
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    5And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus a proselyte of Antioch;

    6whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands upon them.

  • Matt 26:14
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    14Then one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests,

  • Matt 28:16
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    16But the eleven disciples went into Galilee, unto the mountain where Jesus had appointed them.

  • 1 Chr 24:5
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    5Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for there were princes of the sanctuary, and princes of God, both of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.

  • Num 26:56
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    56According to the lot shall their inheritance be divided between the more and the fewer.

  • Neh 11:1
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    1And the princes of the people dwelt in Jerusalem: the rest of the people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts in the [other] cities.

  • 1 Chr 25:21
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    21for the fourteenth, Mattithiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

  • Acts 19:7
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    7And they were in all about twelve men.

  • John 6:71
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    71Now he spake of Judas [the son] of Simon Iscariot, for he it was that should betray him, [being] one of the twelve.

  • Ps 22:18
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    18They part my garments among them, And upon my vesture do they cast lots.

  • Luke 22:14
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    14And when the hour was come, he sat down, and the apostles with him.

  • 1 Chr 25:16
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    16the ninth to Mattaniah, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

  • 1 Chr 24:31
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    31These likewise cast lots even as their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the priests and of the Levites; the fathers' [houses] of the chief even as those of his younger brother.

  • Luke 22:3
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    3And Satan entered into Judas who was called Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve.

  • Mark 15:28
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    28(Ommitted)

  • Matt 26:47
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    47And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priest and elders of the people.

  • Luke 5:11
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    11And when they had brought their boats to land, they left all, and followed him.

  • Mark 14:11
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    11And they, when they heard it, were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently deliver him [unto them] .

  • Acts 13:2
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    2And as they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.

  • Acts 14:4
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    4But the multitude of the city was divided; and part held with the Jews, and part with the apostles.

  • John 19:24
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    24They said therefore one to another, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my garments among them, And upon my vesture did they cast lots.

  • John 21:2
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    2There was together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the [sons] of Zebedee, and two other of his disciples.

  • Mark 1:36
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    36And Simon and they that were with him followed after him;