Acts 1:26 - Exposition

They gave lots for them for they gave forth their lots, A.V. and T.R. ( αὐτοῖς for αὐτῶν ); but the T.R. gives the easiest sense. The exact mode of taking the lot does not appear. Some think the name of each candidate was written on a tablet, and that the first name which fell out of the urn after it had been shaken was the one chosen. Some think the lot was taken by dice. But however the taking of the lot was managed, the effect was to leave the choice to God in answer to prayer.