Acts 1:20

Peter’s quotations are from Psalms 69:25; Psalms 109:8. Luke’s quotations from the Old Testament are all from Greek translations of it. [Note: Witherington, pp. 123-24.] Psalms 69 is an Old Testament passage in which Jesus Himself, as well as the early Christians, saw similarities to and foreviews of Jesus’ experiences (cf. John 2:17; John 15:25; Romans 11:9-10; Romans 15:3). [Note: See C. H. Dodd, According to the Scriptures, pp. 61-108.] Jesus fulfilled the passage Peter cited in the sense that His situation proved to be the same as David’s, only on a more significant messianic scale. Peter did not appeal to Psalms 69:25 to justify replacing Judas with another apostle, however. He used the quotation from Psalms 109:8 to do that. It is another verse that Peter applied to Jesus’ case since it described something analogous to Jesus’ experience. He used what David had written about someone who opposed the LORD’s king to support the idea that someone should replace Judas in his office as one of the Twelve.