Acts 1:10 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 1:10

Were looking for looked, A.V.; into for toward, A.V.; went for went up, A.V. Two men . St. Luke describes them according to their appearance. They were really angels. In like manner, in Joshua 5:13 we read, "There stood a man over against him;" and in Genesis 18:2 , Genesis 18:16 ; Genesis 19:10 , Genesis 19:12 , Genesis 19:16 , we read of "the men;" and in 13:6 , 13:8 , 13:10 , 13:11 , of "the man of God;" the persons spoken of in all these cases being... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 1:10-11

The angels' message. I. A REMONSTRANCE . "Why stand ye looking into heaven?" 1. Against the misuse of signs and appearances. Get at the substance of the fact, and waste no time and strength on the mere form. 2. Against prying into forbidden secrets. Indulgence of fancy in religion. Following the track of sense beyond its reach. 3. Spiritual depression and reaction. Christ is still the same. Be not afraid or perplexed, but set to work and prepare for his return. II. AN ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 1:10-11

Christ's coming again. The scene needs sympathetic description. Effort should be made to realize the state of mind of the disciples on thus a second time losing their Master, and this time losing him in so strange and surprising a manner. It would seem that they had been prepared for the Ascension by the singularity of our Lord's movements during the forty days. Again and again he seems to have closed a time of communion with them by "vanishing out of their sight." On this occasion he not... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 1:10

Looked stedfastly - They fixed their eyes, or gazed intently toward heaven. Luke 4:20, “and the eyes of all them in the synagogue were fastened (Greek: the same word as here) on him.” It denotes the intense gaze when we are deeply interested, and wish to see clearly and distinctly. They were amazed and confounded; what had occurred was unlocked for; for they had just been inquiring whether he would not, at that time, restore the kingdom to Israel. With this mingled amazement, disappointment,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 1:9-11

Acts 1:9-11. And when he had spoken these things Had given them these instructions; while they beheld And had their eyes fixed upon him, with great earnestness and high expectation of some extraordinary event, consequent on this solemn preparation, and while they were receiving his blessing, (Luke 24:51,) he was taken up Was lifted up from the ground, in a miraculous manner, gradually rising higher and higher, till at length a cloud Conducted probably by the ministry of angels; ... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Acts 1:1-11

1:1-2:47 BIRTH OF THE CHURCHThe task ahead (1:1-11)Theophilus, to whom the book is addressed, was apparently a person of influence to whom Luke wished to give a reliable account of the origins and development of Christianity. In his Gospel, Luke had told Theophilus of what Jesus began to do through his life, death and resurrection (1:1-2; cf. Luke 1:1-4). Luke now goes on to tell Theophilus what Jesus continued to do through his followers.On the occasions when Jesus appeared to his apostles... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 1:10

looked stedfastly = were gazing earnestly. App-133 . toward = into. App-104 . heaven = the heaven (sing). See note on Matthew 6:9 , Matthew 6:10 . went up = was going. behold. App-133 . men. App-123 . These were angels. Compare Acts 10:30 . John 20:12 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Acts 1:10

And while they were looking stedfastly into heaven as he went, behold two men stood by them in white apparel.Of course, "heaven" as used here merely means that they were looking upward, not that they actually saw Jesus entering into the heaven of heavens which is the place of God's throne. And, as Bruce observed:We need not be alarmed by suggestions that the ascension story is bound up with a pre-Copernican conception of the universe, and that the former is therefore as obsolete as the latter.... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Acts 1:10-11

Acts 1:10-11. Behold two men, &c.— Two angels in human form. As Christ's resurrection had been honoured with the appearance of angels, it is natural to expect that his ascension into heaven would be so likewise. The angels spake of our Lord's coming to judgethe world at the last day, a description of which he himself had given in his life-time: For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels. Matthew 16:27. Wherefore the cloud whereon our Lord now ascended, being... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Acts 1:10

10. while they looked steadfastly toward heaven—following Him with their eager eyes, in rapt amazement. Not, however, as a mere fact is this recorded, but as a part of that resistless evidence of their senses on which their whole subsequent testimony was to be borne. two men in white apparel—angels in human form, as in :-. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 1:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 1:10-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 1:10-11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 1:10

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 1:9-11

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Acts 1:1-11

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 1:10

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Acts 1:10

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Acts 1:10-11

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Acts 1:10

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