Acts 1:26

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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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  • Lev 16:8 : 8 And Aaron will make selection from the two goats by the decision of the Lord, one goat for the Lord and one for Azazel.
  • Josh 18:10 : 10 And Joshua made the distribution for them in Shiloh by the decision of the Lord, marking out the land for the children of Israel by their divisions.
  • 1 Sam 14:41-42 : 41 Then Saul said to the Lord, the God of Israel, Why have you not given me an answer today? If the sin is in me or in Jonathan my son, O Lord God of Israel, give Urim, and if it is in your people Israel, give Thummim. And by the decision of the Lord, Saul and Jonathan were marked out, and the people went free. 42 And Saul said, Give your decision between my son Jonathan and me. And Jonathan was taken.
  • 1 Chr 24:5 : 5 So they were put into groups, by the Lord's decision, one with another; for there were rulers of the holy place and rulers of the house of God among the sons of Eleazar and the sons of Ithamar.
  • Prov 16:22 : 22 Wisdom is a fountain of life to him who has it; but the punishment of the foolish is their foolish behaviour.
  • Jonah 1:7 : 7 And they said to one another, Come, let us put this to the decision of chance and see on whose account this evil has come on us. So they did so, and Jonah was seen to be the man.
  • Acts 2:14 : 14 But Peter, getting up, with the eleven, said in a loud voice, O men of Judaea, and all you who are living in Jerusalem, take note of this and give ear to my words.
  • Acts 13:19 : 19 And having put to destruction seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them the land for their heritage for about four hundred and fifty years.

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  • Acts 1:20-25
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    20 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.

    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.

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

    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.

  • Acts 1:15-17
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    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.

  • Acts 1:13
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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.

  • Luke 6:13-14
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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

  • 1 Chr 25:8-9
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    8 And selection was made of them for their special work, all having equal chances, small as well as great, the teacher as the learner.

    9 Now of the group of Asaph, the first name to come out was Joseph; the second Gedaliah; he and his brothers and sons were twelve?

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    7 And they said to one another, Come, let us put this to the decision of chance and see on whose account this evil has come on us. So they did so, and Jonah was seen to be the man.

  • 1 Chr 26:13-14
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    13 And the families were taken by the decision of the Lord for every door; the small family had the same chance as the great.

    14 And the care of the door on the east came out for Shelemiah. Then the name of Zechariah his son, a man wise in discussion, came out, and the door on the north was given to him.

  • Mark 3:14
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    14 And he took twelve to be with him, so that he might send them out as preachers,

  • 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;

  • Mark 15:24
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    24 And he was nailed to the cross; and they made a division of his clothing among them, putting to the decision of chance what everyone was to take.

  • Mark 3:18
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    18 And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Zealot;

  • 1 Sam 14:41-42
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    41 Then Saul said to the Lord, the God of Israel, Why have you not given me an answer today? If the sin is in me or in Jonathan my son, O Lord God of Israel, give Urim, and if it is in your people Israel, give Thummim. And by the decision of the Lord, Saul and Jonathan were marked out, and the people went free.

    42 And Saul said, Give your decision between my son Jonathan and me. And Jonathan was taken.

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    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:

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    35 And when they had put him on the cross, they made division of his clothing among them by the decision of chance.

  • 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.

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    14 Then one of the twelve, who was named Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said,

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    16 But the eleven disciples went into Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had given them orders to go.

  • 1 Chr 24:5
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    5 So they were put into groups, by the Lord's decision, one with another; for there were rulers of the holy place and rulers of the house of God among the sons of Eleazar and the sons of Ithamar.

  • Num 26:56
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    56 As it is ordered by the decision of the Lord, let distribution be made between those who are more in number and those who are less.

  • Neh 11:1
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    1 And the rulers of the people were living in Jerusalem: the rest of the people made selection, by the decision of chance, of one out of every ten to be living in Jerusalem, the holy town; the other nine to go to the other towns.

  • 1 Chr 25:21
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    21 The fourteenth Mattithiah, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;

  • Acts 19:7
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    7 And there were about twelve of these men.

  • John 6:71
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    71 He was talking of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. It was he who was to be false to Jesus--one of the twelve.

  • Ps 22:18
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    18 They make a division of my robes among them, by the decision of chance they take my clothing.

  • Luke 22:14
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    14 And when the time had come, he took his seat, and the Apostles with him.

  • 1 Chr 25:16
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    16 The ninth Mattaniah, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;

  • 1 Chr 24:31
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    31 Selection was made of these in the same way as of their brothers the sons of Aaron, David the king being present, with Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the heads of families of the priests and of the Levites; the families of the chief in the same way as those of his younger brother.

  • Luke 22:3
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    3 And Satan came into Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve.

  • Mark 15:28
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  • Matt 26:47
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    47 And while he was still talking, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a band armed with swords and sticks, from the chief priests and those in authority over the people.

  • Luke 5:11
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    11 And when they had got their boats to the land, they gave up everything and went after him.

  • Mark 14:11
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    11 And hearing what he said, they were glad, and gave him their word to make him a payment of money. And he took thought how he might best give him up to them.

  • Acts 13:2
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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.

  • Acts 14:4
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    4 But there was a division among the people of the town; some were on the side of the Jews and some on the side of the Apostles.

  • John 19:24
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    24 So they said among themselves, Let this not be cut up, but let us put it to the decision of chance and see who gets it. (They did this so that the Writings might come true, which say, They made a distribution of my clothing among them, and my coat they put to the decision of chance.) This was what the men of the army did.

  • John 21:2
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    2 Simon Peter, Thomas named Didymus, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples were all together.

  • Mark 1:36
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    36 And Simon and those who were with him came after him.