And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.
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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.