Acts 1:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

is. has been.

the. a: i.e. the second book, in Psalms 69:25.

habitation. farm, or country house. Greek. epaulis. Only here.

desolate. desert: i.e. let the place he has thus acquired become. wilderness.

let, &c. Literally let there not (Greek. me.) be the dweller (Acts 1:19).

therein. in (Greek. en App-104.) it.

bishoprick. Greek. episcope, the office of an episcopos, or overseer. Occurs only here; Luke 19:44. 1Ti 3:1. 1 Peter 2:12. Compare Acts 1:17. This is. composite quotation from Psalms 69:25, and Psalms 109:8. App-107.

another. Greek. heteros. App-124.

take. receive.

Acts 1:20

20 For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprickb let another take.