Discovery BoxActs 1:20-21 
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 1:21 Thus one of the men 4 who have accompanied us during all the time the Lord Jesus associated with 5 us,
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 The Greek term here is ἀνήρ (anhr), which only exceptionally is used in a generic sense of both males and females. In this context, where a successor to Judas is being chosen, only men were under consideration in the original historical context.
5 tn Grk “the Lord Jesus went in and out among us.” According to BDAG 294 s.v. εἰσέρχομαι 1.b.β, “ἐν παντὶ χρόνῳ ᾧ εἰσῆλθεν καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ἐφ᾿ ἡμᾶς went in and out among us = associated with us Ac 1:21.”
