being assembled together with. Greek. sunalizomai. Only here. commanded. Greek. parangello. First occurance Matthew 10:5 . Compare App-121 .:6. Not the same word as in Acts 1:2 . depart = separate themselves. Greek. charizo. First occurance, Matthew 19:6 . wait for. Greek. perimeno . Only here. promise of the Father. See App-17 . Compare Luke 24:49 . read more
be baptized with. App-115 . not. Greek. ou. App-105 . many days hence = after (Greek. meta. App-104 .) these many days. read more
And being assembled together with them, he charged them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, said he, ye heard from me.Assembled together ... The Greek text here may be translated "eating with them," and thus there were possibly many occasions when Jesus ate food with his apostles after he was raised from the dead. Luke also in his gospel mentioned Jesus' eating with the apostles (Luke 24:43); and Peter referred to it in Acts 10:41. To be sure, the... read more
For John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized in the Holy Spirit not many days hence.The new birth is a dual thing, as Jesus said, being both "of the water" and "of the Spirit." The apostles had all been baptized with the baptism of John, hence the mention of it here; and the new birth in the Twelve themselves would be an actual reality upon their reception of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost. It is a mistake to understand the outpouring of the Spirit upon the Twelve (promised here)... read more
Acts 1:4. That they should not depart, &c.— This seems a plain intimation that, after our Lord had met his disciples in Galilee, he appointed the apostles to meet him in Jerusalem, or perhaps accompanied them thither, and as man spent his last days on earth there; doing his last honour to the place where the Godhead had in a peculiar sense chosen to dwell, and where the most solemn ordinances of his worship had been administered. There is nothing for the words saith he, in the original, but... read more
Acts 1:5. Ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost— Baptism was a rite of initiation, by which disciples were admitted not only among the Jews, but also among other nations. John the Baptist adopted this rite after the Jewish manner, making use of water for this purpose: but Christ's disciplesbeing designed for an office of a superior nature, to disseminate the gospel all over the world, and to govern the church of Christ after his departure, were instated and initiated into their office in a... read more
4. should not depart from Jerusalem—because the Spirit was to glorify the existing economy, by descending on the disciples at its metropolitan seat, and at the next of its great festivals after the ascension of the Church's Head; in order that "out of Zion might go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem" ( :-; and compare Luke 24:49). read more
5. ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence—ten days hence, as appears from Leviticus 23:15; Leviticus 23:16; but it was expressed thus indefinitely to exercise their faith. read more
1. The resumptive preface to the book 1:1-5Luke wrote these introductory statements to connect the Book of Acts with his Gospel. [Note: See Longenecker, p. 252, for an explanation of the parallel structures of Luke 1-2 and Acts 1-2.] In the former book Luke had recorded what Jesus had begun to do and to teach during His earthly ministry. In this second book he wrote what Jesus continued doing to build His church through Spirit-indwelt Christians (cf. John 14:12). read more
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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