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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Matthias (Man living at the time of the New Testament)
The eleven drew lots between two men who had been with Jesus since his baptism, and the lot fell on Matthias, to take Judas Iscariot's place before Pentecost. The New Testament says nothing more about him.
The eleven drew lots between two men who had been with Jesus since his baptism, and the lot fell on Matthias, to take Judas Iscariot's place before Pentecost. The New Testament says nothing more about him.
Matthias was chosen by the remaining eleven apostles to replace Judas Iscariot, selected by casting lots between two candidates who had both been with Jesus from his baptism onward, filling out the number of twelve before Pentecost. Nothing more is recorded about him in the New Testament itself.
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- Acts 1:23
- Acts 1:26
