Subject: Judas went to hell? |
Bible Note: John Gill's Exposition of the Bible NASB Acts 1:25 "to occupy this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place." AMPLIFIED Acts 1:25 To take the place in this ministry and receive the position of an apostle, from which Judas fell away and went astray to go [where he belonged] to his own [proper] place. "Judas chose his own fate of hell by rejecting Christ. It is not unfair to say that Judas and all others who go to hell belong there (compare John 6:70)" (MacArthur Study Bible, Word Publishing, 1997). John Gill's Exposition of the Bible Acts 1:25 that he might go to his own place; which may be understood of Judas, and of his going to hell, as the just punishment of his sin; which is commonly so called by the Jews, who often explain this phrase, "his place", by hell; as when it is said of Laban, (Genesis 31:55) that he "returned to his place", it intimates, say they, that he returned to his place, which was prepared for him in hell; and so likewise when it is said of Balaam, (Numbers 24:25) that he "returned to his place", they observe, that "he did not return from his evil way, but returned to his place; and so intimates by saying, to his place, that which was prepared for him in hell, as the Rabbins of blessed memory say; "they came everyone from his own place", (Job 2:11) a man from his house, a man from his country it is not written, but a man from his place, which was prepared for him in hell; and because they came to show mercy to Job, they were delivered from hell, and became worthy of the world to come; and so here, and "he returned to his place", (Mnyhgb wl Nkwmh) , "which was prepared for him in hell"." And another of their writers, on the same passage, has this remark, and he returned to his place, and he does not say, "he went on his way, for he was driven out of his way, and went down to hell." |