Matthias
And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was
surnamed Justus, and Matthias....
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And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon
Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles....
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Saint Matthias (d. 80), according to the Acts of the Apostles,
was the apostle chosen by the remaining eleven apostles to
replace Judas Iscariot following Judas' betrayal of Jesus and
his suicide.[2]......
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ma-thi'-as (Matthias, or Maththias; Mattithyah, "given of
Yah"): Matthias was the one upon whom the lot fell when he,
along with Joseph Barsabbas, was put forward to fill up the
place in the apostleship left vacant by Judas Iscariot (Acts
1:15-26). This election was held at Jerusalem, and the
meeting was presided over by Peter. The conditions ...
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-Surnamed JUSTUS
-Chosen as an apostle in the place of Judas
Ac 1:15-26...
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(gift of God), the apostle elected to fill the place of the
traitor Judas. Ac 1:26 All beyond this that we know of him for
certainty is that he had been a constant attendant upon the
Lord Jesus during the whole course of his ministry; for such
was declared by St. Peter to be the necessary qualification of
one who was to be a witness of the res...
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