| But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Sama'ria and to the end of the earth." |
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| All these with one accord devoted themselves to prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers. |
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| In those days Peter stood up among the brethren (the company of persons was in all about a hundred and twenty), and said, | |
| 16 | "Brethren, the scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand by the mouth of David, concerning Judas who was guide to those who arrested Jesus. |
| 17 | For he was numbered among us, and was allotted his share in this ministry. |
| 18 | (Now this man bought a field with the reward of his wickedness; and falling headlong he burst open in the middle and all his bowels gushed out. |
| 19 | And it became known to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the field was called in their language Akel'dama, that is, Field of Blood.) |
| 20 | For it is written in the book of Psalms, `Let his habitation become desolate, and let there be no one to live in it'; and `His office let another take.' |
| 21 | So one of the men who have accompanied us during all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, |
| 22 | beginning from the baptism of John until the day when he was taken up from us -- one of these men must become with us a witness to his resurrection." |
| 23 | And they put forward two, Joseph called Barsab'bas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthi'as. |
| 24 | And they prayed and said, "Lord, who knowest the hearts of all men, show which one of these two thou hast chosen |
| 25 | to take the place in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside, to go to his own place." |
| 26 | And they cast lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthi'as; and he was enrolled with the eleven apostles. |
“Acts: 1:15-26 — tradition of Peter as the leader and the tradition of apostolic succession”
Acts 15 — tradition of James presiding over church-wide councils, hearing the discussion of the Apostles (including Peter, who gave an opinion contrary to what was accepted), and making the final decision which the church accepts.
Wonderful text, which solitary example (unlike Acts 12:1,2) is used to support Rome’s Perpetuated Petrine papacy, but can you provide even one papal election which followed this (OT) means of election, that of casting lots, and which would help prevent the great secrecy and political maneuvering and intrigue thru which so many popes were elected, with up to 3 years absence and “unbroken succession” and confusion over who was pope.
Num 26:55 Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.
Jarchi says, the names of the twelve tribes were written on twelve scrolls of parchment, and twelve borders or limits of land on twelve others, and they were mixed together in an urn, and the prince put his hand into it and took two scrolls; a scroll came up with the name of a tribe, and a scroll with a border or limit expressed on it; and the lot, he says, was by the Holy Ghost, for Eleazar, at the same time, was clothed with Urim and Thummim (s); so that the people were certain that the disposition and division of the land was of God;
(s) Maimon. & Bartenora in Misn. Biccurim, c. 1. sect. 5. - Dr. John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
All practices in the Book of Acts, God inspired to be recorded in His Holy Word. Of course, I would disagree with the interpretation of the subtitles that are not inspired.
“Acts: 1:15-26 — tradition of Peter as the leader and the tradition of apostolic succession “
THIS is a subtitle. It isn’t in the text. Someone wrote it and added it. It is an opinion. That is an example of the subtitles you included that I said I could not agree with.