Previously, after Judas Iscariot, the traitorous apostle, committed suicide, a need was discerned to give “his office of oversight ” as an apostle to someone who had been with Jesus during his ministry and who had witnessed his death and resurrection.
بعد از اینکه رسول خائن ،‏ یهودای اَسخَریوطی ،‏ دست به خودکشی زد ،‏ این ضرورت احساس شد که سمت ‹ نظارتش › به عنوان رسول به کسی داده شود که در مدت خدمت عیسی بر روی زمین ،‏ همراه او بوده و نیز شاهد مرگ و رستاخیز او بوده باشد .‏