Fair objection: Jesus never states Acts 1:21–22 as a universal apostolic qualification, but that criterion is Peter’s for replacing Judas.
That leaves the harder question untouched.
Jesus personally appointed the Twelve, Matthias replaced Judas under their stated criterion, and Paul later claims apostleship independently through revelation.
What independent standard establishes Paul’s claim as genuine rather than merely taking Paul’s word for it?
That actually makes Paul’s problem worse. You say teaching authority came through the Twelve and those trained under them, yet Paul explicitly says his gospel was not taught to him by any man and that he didn’t initially consult the apostles (Gal 1:11–17). So by your own standard, where does Paul’s authority come from besides Paul’s claim of private revelation?
Matthias replaced Judas because Acts 1 explicitly required someone who had accompanied Jesus from John’s baptism onward.
Paul met none of that criteria.
So if Paul later claims apostleship through a private revelation, the question isn’t “was Judas replaced?”
It’s why Jesus’ own stated apostolic standard suddenly no longer applied to Paul?
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