The eleven Apostles first chose two candidates to replace Judas, the betrayer, then asking God which of these two He would have to fill the vacant position due to Judas' betrayal… they drew lots and “the lot fell on Mathias.”

Some Christians teach that the Lord’s 11 Apostles acted arbitrarily by choosing Matthias to take Judas’ place; saying, “Well, actually, Paul was God's choice for Judas' place.” But this is not so, according to the Biblical record.

Let’s now examine the facts.

When the Bible speaks of "the nations" its simply speaking of all people, except the Nation Israel. All other people are of "the nations," which we and the Bible itself refers to as "the Gentiles."

Not Matthew, Mark, or Luke; nor Peter, James, or John, but Paul alone wrote this and made this claim in Romans 11:13 by divine inspiration: