Reading of Isaiah
Usually in New Testament of public reading.* After the liturgical services which introduced the worship of the synagogue, the “minister” took a roll of the law from the ark, removed its case and wrappings, and then called upon some one to read. On the Sabbaths, at least seven persons were called on successively to read portions of the law, none of them consisting of less than three verses. After the law followed a section from the prophets, which was succeeded immediately by a discourse. It was this section which Jesus read and expounded. See Acts 13:15; Neh. 8:5, 8. For a detailed account of the synagogue-worship, see Edersheim, “Life and Times of Jesus,” i., 430 sq.
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Acts 1:25
25. That he may take part (λαβεῖν τὸν κλῆρον). Lit., to take the lot. But the best texts read τὸν τόπον, the place. Rev., to take the place.
By transgression fell (παρέβη). See on trespasses, Matt. 6:14. The rendering of the A. V. is explanatory. Rev., better, fell away.
His own place. Compare “the place in this ministry.” Τὸν ἴδιον, his own, is stronger than the simple possessive pronoun. It is the place which was peculiarly his, as befitting his awful sin—Gehenna.
Vincent, Marvin Richardson. Word Studies in the New Testament. Vol. 1. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1887. Print.
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