quotes Psalm 109:8 (Septuagint) and uses episkopē to refer to Judas’s vacated position within the Twelve, which Matthias then fills at God’s bidding. Although vague, the use of episkopē in Acts may provide a context for reading the aspiration of a qualified administrator as an inward desire prompted by God’s calling rather than by self-promotion. The word is repeated in 1 Timothy 3:2 in slightly modified form (episkopos), which elsewhere appears with “elders” (cf. Acts 20:28; Phil. 1:1; Titus 1:7;