24 Then they prayed, "Lord, you know everyone's heart. Show us which of these two you have chosen
24 And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen,
24 And they prayed and said, "You, Lord, who know the hearts of all, show which one of these two you have chosen
24 Then they prayed, "You, O God, know every one of us inside and out. Make plain which of these two men you choose
24 And they prayed and said, "You, O Lord, who know the hearts of all, show which of these two You have chosen
24 Then they all prayed, "OÂ Lord, you know every heart. Show us which of these men you have chosen
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Acts 1:24
Commentary on Acts 1:15-26
(Read Acts 1:15-26)
The great thing the apostles were to attest to the world, was, Christ's resurrection; for that was the great proof of his being the Messiah, and the foundation of our hope in him. The apostles were ordained, not to wordly dignity and dominion, but to preach Christ, and the power of his resurrection. An appeal was made to God; "Thou, Lord, who knowest the hearts of all men," which we do not; and better than they know their own. It is fit that God should choose his own servants; and so far as he, by the disposals of his providence, or the gifts of his Spirit, shows whom he was chosen, or what he has chosen for us, we ought to fall in with his will. Let us own his hand in the determining everything which befalls us, especially in those by which any trust may be committed to us.