Acts 1:16

Verse 16. Men and brethren. This is a customary mode of address, implying affection and respect, Ac 13:26. The Syriac has it more appropriately than by the introduction of the conjunction "and"-- "Men, our brethren." This Scripture. This portion or prediction contained in the writings of the Old Testament. Scripture, writing. See Barnes "Joh 5:39". The passage to which Peter refers is commonly supposed to be that recorded in Ps 41:9, "Yea, mine own familiar friend--hath lifted up his heel against me." This is expressly applied to Judas by our Saviour, in Joh 13:18. But it seems clear that the reference is not to the 41st Psalm, but to the passage which Peter proceeds to quote in Ac 1:20.