Discovery BoxActs 1:17 
Context1:17 for he was counted as one of us and received a share in this ministry.” 1
Acts 1:20
Context1:20 “For it is written in the book of Psalms, ‘Let his house become deserted, 2 and let there be no one to live in it,’ 3 and ‘Let another take his position of responsibility.’ 4
1 tn Or “and was chosen to have a share in this ministry.” The term λαγχάνω (lancanw) here and in 2 Pet 1:1 can be understood as referring to the process of divine choice and thus be translated, “was chosen to have.”
2 tn Or “uninhabited” or “empty.”
3 sn A quotation from Ps 69:25.
4 tn Or “Let another take his office.”
sn A quotation from Ps 109:8.
