1 tn Or “and was chosen to have a share in this ministry.” The term λαγχάνω (lancanw) here and in 2 Pet 1:1 can be understood as referring to the process of divine choice and thus be translated, “was chosen to have.”
2 tn Grk “to take the place.”
3 tn Or “of this ministry.”
4 tn Or “the task of this service and apostleship which Judas ceased to perform.”
5 sn To go to his own place. This may well be a euphemism for Judas’ judged fate. He separated himself from them, and thus separated he would remain.