[Alas]

Ah, but Scotty, God rejected both and choose Saul, who was to be called Paul.

[Some hope remaining.]

Where does it ever say Matthias was rejected?

[Some hope remaining.]

What makes you assume Matthias was rejected?

[scottiewottie]

There were in the early church "Apostles" and "apostles". There were twelve in the Quorum of the Special Witnesses of Christ's Ressurrection, with Matthias chosen to join them after the betrayal and death of Judas.

The other group of lesser apostles, numbering 70 total, included Paul. Paul could not be one of the Twelve because he did not behold the risen Christ before the Ascension. There is plenty of evidence that Paul subjected himself to the authority of the Twelve, with himself not being numbered with them.