Acts 1:23

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And they made selection of two, Joseph, named Barsabbas, whose other name was Justus, and Matthias.

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Referenced Verses

  • Acts 15:22 : 22 Then it seemed good to the Apostles and the rulers and all the church, to send men from among them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; Judas, named Barsabbas, and Silas, chief men among the brothers:
  • Acts 1:26 : 26 And they put it to the decision of chance, and the decision was given for Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven Apostles.

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  • Acts 1:24-26
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    24 And they made prayers and said, Lord, having knowledge of the hearts of all men, make clear which of these two has been marked out by you,

    25 To take that position as a servant and Apostle, from which Judas by his sin was shut out, so that he might go to his place.

    26 And they put it to the decision of chance, and the decision was given for Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven Apostles.

  • Acts 1:21-22
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    21 For this reason, of the men who have been with us all the time, while the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,

    22 Starting from the baptism of John till he went up from us, one will have to be a witness with us of his coming back from death.

  • Acts 1:13-17
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    13 And when they came in, they went up into the room where they were living; 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.

    14 And they all with one mind gave themselves up to prayer, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.

    15 And in those days Peter got up among the brothers (there were about one hundred and twenty of them), and said,

    16 My brothers, the word of God had to be put into effect, which the Holy Spirit had said before, by the mouth of David, about Judas, who was guide to those who took Jesus,

    17 For he was numbered among us, and had his part in our work.

  • 22 Then it seemed good to the Apostles and the rulers and all the church, to send men from among them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; Judas, named Barsabbas, and Silas, chief men among the brothers:

  • Luke 6:13-15
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    13 And the day came and, turning to his disciples, he made a selection from among them of twelve, to whom he gave the name of Apostles;

    14 Simon, to whom he gave the name of Peter, and Andrew, his brother, and James and John and Philip and Bartholomew

    15 And Matthew and Thomas and James, the son of Alphaeus, and Simon, who was named the Zealot,

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

    3 Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew, the tax-farmer; James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;

  • 18 And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Zealot;

  • 11 And Jesus, whose other name is Justus; these are of the circumcision: they are my only brother-workers for the kingdom of God, who have been a comfort to me.

  • 3 Take then from among you seven men of good name, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, to whom we may give control of this business.

  • Acts 6:5-6
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    5 And this saying was pleasing to all of them: and they made selection of Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip and Prochorus and Nicanor and Timon and Parmenas and Nicolas of Antioch, who had become a Jew:

    6 These they took to the Apostles, who, after prayer, put their hands on them.

  • Acts 13:2-3
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    2 And while they were doing the Lord's work, and going without food, the Holy Spirit said, Let Barnabas and Saul be given to me for the special work for which they have been marked out by me.

    3 Then, after prayer and going without food they put their hands on them, and sent them away.

  • Mark 3:13-14
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    13 And he went up into the mountain, and sent for those whom it was his pleasure to have with him: and they went to him.

    14 And he took twelve to be with him, so that he might send them out as preachers,

  • 36 And Joseph, who was given by the Apostles the name of Barnabas (the sense of which is, Son of comfort), a Levite and a man of Cyprus by birth,

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    16 And they had then an important prisoner, whose name was Barabbas.

    17 So when they came together, Pilate said to them, Whom will you have? Barabbas, or Jesus, who is named Christ?

  • 2 Till the day when he was taken up to heaven after he had given his orders, through the Holy Spirit, to the Apostles of whom he had made selection:

  • 23 And when they had made selection of some to be rulers in every church, and had given themselves to prayer and kept themselves from food, they put them into the care of the Lord in whom they had faith.

  • 7 And there was one named Barabbas, in prison with those who had gone against the government and in the fight had taken life.

  • 50 Now there was a man named Joseph, a man of authority and a good and upright man

  • 2 Simon Peter, Thomas named Didymus, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples were all together.

  • 37 And Barnabas had a desire to take with them John, named Mark.

  • Acts 13:6-7
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    6 And when they had gone through all the island to Paphos, they came across a certain wonder-worker and false prophet, a Jew whose name was Bar-Jesus;

    7 Who was with the ruler, Sergius Paulus, an able man. This man sent for Barnabas and Saul, desiring to have knowledge of the word of God.

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    18 But with loud voices they said all together, Put this man to death, and make Barabbas free.

    19 Now this man was in prison because of an attack against the government in the town, in which there had been loss of life.

  • Mark 1:19-20
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    19 And going on a little farther, he saw James, the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who were in their boat stitching up their nets.

    20 And he said, Come after me: and they went away from their father Zebedee, who was in the boat with the servants, and came after him.

  • 25 It seemed good to us, having come to an agreement together, to send these men to you, with our well loved Barnabas and Paul,

  • 21 And going on from there he saw two other brothers, James, the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother, in the boat with their father, stitching up their nets; and he said, Come.

  • 14 And he said, You have been marked out by the God of our fathers to have knowledge of his purpose, and to see the Upright One and to give ear to the words of his mouth.

  • 7 And moving from there, he went into the house of a man named Titus Justus, a God-fearing man, whose house was very near the Synagogue.

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    20 Now the chief priests and those in authority got the people to make request for Barabbas, and for Jesus to be put to death.

    21 But the ruler made answer and said to them, Which of the two is it your pleasure that I let go free? And they said, Barabbas.

  • 16 To Simon he gave the second name of Peter;

  • 30 Which they did, sending it to the rulers of the church by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.

  • 23 Who, when he came and saw the grace of God, was glad; and he made clear to them the need of keeping near the Lord with all the strength of their hearts:

  • 40 Then again they gave a loud cry, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was an outlaw.