That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place. That he may take part, [ kleeron (G2819, or 'take the place'] of this ministry, [according to what seems the preferable reading - ton (G3588) topon (G5117) tees (G3588) diakonias (G1248) tautees (G5026)] from which, х af' (G575) hees (G3739) is the true reading].
Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place - a terrific contrast (supposing the reading just given to be the true one) between the place which the traitor had filled, all uncongenially, and the place which was to prove not only his destined habitation, but his congenial element, here euphemistically called "his own place." One of the rabbis (quoted by Lightfoot) uses regarding Balaam the very same language.