@A. Actually
@it does. Reread part A above. I mention both forgive and retained are perfect passive.
#Fail.
B. The apostles chose Mathias because it had been prophesied that one’s camp would become desolate and another must take his office. That is a specific prophecy their appointment of Mathias fulfilled. Which other apostle’s office became desolate such that a successor could be appointed? Which one?
#FailAgain.
For it is written in the Book of Psalms,
“‘May his camp become desolate,
and let there be no one to dwell in it’; and
“‘Let another take his office.’
Acts 1:20