John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 24:53
And were continually in the temple ,.... At the time of worship, at the hours of prayer, or of public service; and perhaps always privately in an upper room in it, where they, with others, met frequently, and continued, with one accord, in prayer and supplication; See Gill on Acts 1:14 , a practice worthy of imitation, whether in the public or private way: praising, and blessing God ; for his Son Jesus Christ, who had died for their sins, was risen again for their justification, and... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 24:52
And they worshipped him ,.... Not with a civil worship, as he was sometimes worshipped by men, in the days of his flesh, who, though they took him for some extraordinary person, knew him not to be the Son of God; but with religious worship as God: for by his resurrection from the dead, Christ was declared to be the Son of God, and both by that, and by his going to his Father, his ascension to heaven, the disciples were more confirmed in his proper deity, and divine sonship; and therefore... read more