NT Text: Acts 1:20
OT Source(s):
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): Typology (Direct Type, Forward-Looking) + Analogy
Significance: Peter explicitly cites "the book of Psalms" for both quotations in Acts 1:20, applying Ps 69:25 to Judas' abandoned property: "May his place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in it." The LXX of Ps 69:25 reads genēthētō hē epaulis autōn erēmos ("let their camp become desolate"), and Peter applies the singular (autou, "his") rather than plural to pinpoint Judas specifically. Psalm 69 is one of the most extensively cited psalms in the NT passion narrative (cf. John 2:17; 15:25; 19:28-29; Rom 11:9-10; 15:3), functioning as a typological template for the Messiah's suffering and the judgment on his enemies. David's lament about his persecutors (Ps 69:4) is applied in John 15:25 to those who hated Jesus without cause, and now his curse against enemies becomes the framework for understanding Judas' fate — demonstrating that the apostolic community read the entire Psalm as a Davidic type pointing forward to Christ and those who betray him.
NT Use Pattern: Assimilated — First half of the composite Psalm 69:25 + Psalm 109:8 quotation Peter uses to ground Judas's replacement — two imprecation psalms fused into a single apostolic warrant.
Anchor Text: Ps 69 — The Reproaches