That he may take (y) part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression (z) fell, that he might go to his own place.
(y) That he may be a member and partaker of this ministry.
(z) Departed from, or fallen from: and it is a metaphor taken from the word "way": for callings are signified by the name of "ways" with the Hebrews.