Acts 1:21-23

1:21 Thus one of the men ¹  who have accompanied us during all the time the Lord Jesus associated with ²  us, 1:22 beginning from his baptism by John until the day he ³  was taken up from us – one of these must become a witness of his resurrection together with us.” 1:23 So they ⁴  proposed two candidates: ⁵  Joseph called Barsabbas (also called Justus) and Matthias.

¹ tn The Greek term here is ἀνήρ (anhr), which only exceptionally is used in a generic sense of both males and females. In this context, where a successor to Judas is being chosen, only men were under consideration in the original historical context.

² tn Grk “the Lord Jesus went in and out among us.” According to BDAG 294 s.v. εἰσέρχομαι 1.b.β, “ἐν παντὶ χρόνῳ ᾧ εἰσῆλθεν καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ἐφ᾿ ἡμᾶς went in and out among us = associated with us Ac 1:21.”

³ tn Here the pronoun “he” refers to Jesus.

⁴ tc Codex Bezae (D) and other Western witnesses have “he proposed,” referring to Peter, thus emphasizing his role above the other apostles. The Western text displays a conscious pattern of elevating Peter in Acts, and thus the singular verb here is a palpably motivated reading.

⁵ tn Grk “So they proposed two.” The word “candidates” was supplied in the text for clarity.