SEV Biblia, Chapter 1:25
para que tome la suerte (o herencia) de este ministerio y del apostolado, del cual se rebel Judas, por irse a su lugar.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Acts 1:25
Verse 25. That he may take part of this ministry, &c.] Instead of ton klhron, the lot, which we translate part, ton topon, the place, is the reading of ABC*, Coptic, Vulgate, and the Itala in the Codex Bezae, and from them the verse may be read thus, That he may take the place of this ministry and apostleship, (from which Judas fell) and go to his own place; but instead of idion, own, the Codex Alexandrinus, and one of Matthai's MSS., read dikaion, just-that he might go to his just or proper place. This verse has been variously expounded: 1. Some suppose that the words, that he might go to his own place, are spoken of Judas, and his punishment in hell, which they say must be the own place of such a person as Judas.
2. Others refer them to the purchase of the field, made by the thirty pieces of silver for which he had sold our Lord. So he abandoned the ministry and apostolate, that he might go to his own place, viz. that which he had purchased.
3. Others, with more seeming propriety, state that his own place means his own house, or former occupation; he left this ministry and apostleship that he might resume his former employment in conjunction with his family, &c. This is primarily the meaning of it in Num. xxiv. 25: And Balaam returned to HIS OWN PLACE, i.e. to his own country, friends, and employment.
4. Others think it simply means the state of the dead in general, independently of either rewards or punishments; as is probably meant by Eccles. iii. 20: All go unto ONE PLACE: all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
But, 5. Some of the best critics assert that the words (as before hinted) belong to Matthias-his own place being the office to which he was about to be elected. Should any object, this could not be called his own place, because he was not yet appointed to it, but hell might be properly called Judas's own place, because, by treason and covetousness, he was fully prepared for that place of torment, it may be answered, that the own or proper place of a man is that for which he is eligible from being qualified for it, though he may not yet possess such a place: so St. Paul, Every man shall receive HIS OWN reward, ton idion misqon, called there his own, not from his having it already in possession, for that was not to take place until the resurrection of the just; but from his being qualified in this life for the state of glory in the other. See the observations at the end of the chapter.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 25. That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship , etc.] Of the ministry of the apostles, or of the apostolical ministration; which lay in preaching the Gospel, administering ordinances, planting churches, and working miracles; and which part, lot, or inheritance, Judas had; (see Acts 1:17). And from which Judas by transgression fell ; by betraying his Lord, whose apostle he was, he was turned out of his office, and had no longer part in the apostolical ministry: that he might go to his own place ; which may be understood of Judas, and of his going to hell, as the just punishment of his sin; which is commonly so called by the Jews, who often explain this phrase, his place, by hell; as when it is said of Laban, ( Genesis 31:55) that he returned to his place, it intimates, say they f52 , that he returned to his place, which was prepared for him in hell; and so likewise when it is said of Balaam, ( Numbers 24:25) that he returned to his place, they observe f53 , that he did not return from his evil way, but returned to his place; and so intimates by saying, to his place, that which was prepared for him in hell, as the Rabbins of blessed memory say f54 ; they came everyone from his own place, ( Job 2:11) a man from his house, a man from his country it is not written, but a man from his place, which was prepared for him in hell; and because they came to show mercy to Job, they were delivered from hell, and became worthy of the world to come; and so here, and he returned to his place, nyhgb wl kwmh , which was prepared for him in hell.
And another of their writers f55 , on the same passage, has this remark, and he returned to his place, and he does not say, he went on his way, for he was driven out of his way, and went down to hell.
And agreeably to what is said of Jobs friends, the Targumist on ( Job 2:11) paraphrases the words thus; and there came a man, or everyone from his place, and by this merit they were delivered from the place, prepared for them in hell.
And which place the same Targumist on ( Job 8:4) calls whydrm rta , the place of their rebellion; that is, procured by it: and so Judass own place was what he had merited by his sin, and was righteously appointed for him; and though it was not peculiar to him, but common to all impenitent sinners, yet very proper for him, as a betrayer; for it is a settled point with the Jews f56 , that he that betrays an Israelite into the hands of the Gentiles (so Judas betrayed his master), whether in his body, or in his substance, has no part in the world to come.
This clause is by some understood not of Judas, but of Matthias, or of him that was to come in the room of Judas; and by his own place it is thought is meant, the part of the ministry and apostleship, in the former clause, and which the Alexandrian copy reads, the place of this ministry, he was to take; and now Judas by his iniquity falling from it, made way for another, for Matthias to go to his own place, which God had in his counsel and purposes designed for him; or into his place, as the Syriac and Arabic versions render it; that is, into the place of Judas, to take his place among the apostles, in his room and stead: the Alexandrian copy reads, into that righteous place.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 15-26 - The great thing the apostles were to attest to the world, was, Christ' resurrection; for that was the great proof of his being the Messiah and the foundation of our hope in him. The apostles were ordained, no to wordly dignity and dominion, but to preach Christ, and the power of his resurrection. An appeal was made to God; "Thou, Lord, who knowes the hearts of all men," which we do not; and better than they know their own. It is fit that God should choose his own servants; and s far as he, by the disposals of his providence, or the gifts of his Spirit, shows whom he was chosen, or what he has chosen for us, we ought to fall in with his will. Let us own his hand in the determinin everything which befalls us, especially in those by which any trust ma be committed to us __________________________________________________________________
Greek Textus Receptus
λαβειν 2983 5629 V-2AAN τον 3588 T-ASM κληρον 2819 N-ASM της 3588 T-GSF διακονιας 1248 N-GSF ταυτης 3778 D-GSF και 2532 CONJ αποστολης 651 N-GSF εξ 1537 PREP ης 3739 R-GSF παρεβη 3845 5627 V-2AAI-3S ιουδας 2455 N-NSM πορευθηναι 4198 5677 V-AON εις 1519 PREP τον 3588 T-ASM τοπον 5117 N-ASM τον 3588 T-ASM ιδιον 2398 A-ASM
Vincent's NT Word Studies
25. That he may take part (labein ton klhron). Lit., to take the lot. But the best texts read ton topon, the place. Rev., to take the place. By transgression fell (parebh). See on trespasses, Matt. vi. 14. The rendering of the A.V. is explanatory. Rev., better, fell away.His own place. Compare "the place in this ministry." Ton idion, his own, is stronger than the simple possessive pronoun. It is the place which was peculiarly his, as befitting his awful sin - Gehenna.
Robertson's NT Word Studies
1:25 {Apostleship} (apostoles). Jesus had called the twelve apostles. An old word for sending away, qen for a release, qen the office and dignity of an apostle (#Ac 1:25; Ro 1:5; 1Co 9:2; Gal 2:8). {To his own place} (eis ton topon ton idion). A bold and picturesque description of the destiny of Judas worthy of Dante's _Inferno_. There is no doubt in Peter's mind of the destiny of Judas nor of his own guilt. He made ready his own berth and went to it.
