Discovery BoxActs 1:20 
Context1:20 “For it is written in the book of Psalms, ‘Let his house become deserted, 1 and let there be no one to live in it,’ 2 and ‘Let another take his position of responsibility.’ 3
Acts 1:25
Context1:25 to assume the task 4 of this service 5 and apostleship from which Judas turned aside 6 to go to his own place.” 7
1 tn Or “uninhabited” or “empty.”
2 sn A quotation from Ps 69:25.
3 tn Or “Let another take his office.”
sn A quotation from Ps 109:8.
4 tn Grk “to take the place.”
5 tn Or “of this ministry.”
6 tn Or “the task of this service and apostleship which Judas ceased to perform.”
7 sn To go to his own place. This may well be a euphemism for Judas’ judged fate. He separated himself from them, and thus separated he would remain.
