Acts 1:17 (DRB)

Passage

Who was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry.

Nearby Context

Acts 1:15 In those days Peter rising up in the midst of the brethren, said (now the number of persons together was about an hundred and twenty):

Acts 1:16 Men, brethren, the scripture must needs be fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost spoke before by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who was the leader of them that apprehended Jesus:

Acts 1:17 Who was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry.

Acts 1:18 And he indeed hath possessed a field of the reward of iniquity, and being hanged, burst asunder in the midst: and all his bowels gushed out.

Acts 1:19 And it became known to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem: so that the same field was called in their tongue, Haceldama, that is to say, The field of blood.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "numbered", "obtained", "part", and "ministry". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "numbered" and "obtained", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 16's "Men brethren the scripture must needs be..." into verse 18's "And he indeed hath possessed a field...", so "numbered" and "obtained" belong inside that flow. In Acts context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "numbered" and "obtained" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.