Acts 1:13 NIV

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 1:1-47

A. The founding of the church 1:1-2:47In his account of the founding of the Christian church Luke gave background information that ties Jesus’ giving of the Great Commission to the day of Pentecost. He showed how Jesus enabled His disciples to obey His command to evangelize the nations. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 1:12-13

The disciples returned to Jerusalem to await the coming of the Holy Spirit. The short trip from where Jesus ascended on Mt. Olivet to the upper room was only a Sabbath day’s journey away (about 2,000 cubits, two-thirds of a mile, one kilometer; cf. Exodus 16:29; Numbers 35:5). [Note: Mishnah Sotah 5:3.] This upper room may not have been the same one in which the disciples had observed the first Lord’s Supper with Jesus (Luke 22:12). Different Greek words describe the places. It may have been... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 1:12-14

The disciples’ spiritual preparation 1:12-14 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 1:12-26

4. Jesus’ appointment of a twelfth apostle 1:12-26Peter perceived the importance of asking God to identify Judas’ successor in view of the ministry that Jesus had said the Twelve would have in the future. He led the disciples in obtaining the Lord Jesus’ guidance in this important matter (cf. Acts 1:21; Acts 1:24). From his viewpoint, the Lord could have returned very soon to restore the kingdom to Israel (Acts 1:6), so the Twelve had to be ready for their ministry of judging the twelve tribes... read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Acts 1:13

1:13 chamber, (f-15) As ch. 9.37,39; 20.8. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 1:1-26

The Ascension. Election of Matthias1-5. St. Luke’s Introduction. He recapitulates the general contents of his Gospel, adding, however, this additional information, (1) that the appearances of the risen Lord were numerous, and (2) that forty days elapsed between the Resurrection and the Ascension. If we possessed St. Luke’s Gospel only, we might possibly conclude that the risen Lord appeared only three times, and that He ascended on the very day of His Resurrection.1. The former treatise] i.e.... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 1:13

(13) They went up into an upper room, where abode . . .—Better, into the upper room, where they were abiding. The Greek noun has the article. The room may have been the same as that in which the Paschal Supper had been eaten (Mark 14:15). On the other hand, that room seems to have been different from that in which the disciples had lodged during the Paschal week, and to have been chosen specially for the occasion (Luke 22:8). The word used is also different in form. So far as we are able to... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Acts 1:1-26

The Acts of the Apostles Acts 1:1 The keynote to the book of the Acts of the Apostles lies in the word ἢρξατο of the first verse. That ἤρξατο is not pleonastic. It is the acts 'which Jesus began,' but has not finished . Dr. John Duncan, Colloquia Peripatetica, p. 138. Reference. Expositor (4th Series), vol. vi. p. 162. Witnesses of the Resurrection The Message to a Few Acts 1:0 It would seem that our Lord gave His attention to a few, because, if the few be gained, the many will follow. To... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Acts 1:1-26

Analysis and Annotations Part I The Witness to Jerusalem. The Advent of the Spirit and the Formation of the Church. The Offer to Israel and its Rejection. Chapters 1-7 CHAPTER 1 1. The Introduction (Acts 1:1-3 ). 2. The final words of the risen Lord (Acts 1:4-8 ). 3. The ascension (Acts 1:9-11 ). 4. The waiting company (Acts 1:12-14 ). 5. Matthias chosen in the place of Judas (Acts 1:15-26 ). The introductory words prove that Luke is the writer. In the former treatise, Luke had... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Acts 1:13

1:13 {5} And when they were {i} come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James [the son] of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas [the brother] of James.(5) Ecclesiastical assemblies to hear the word, and to make common prayer, were first instituted and kept in private houses by the Apostles.(i) They went into the house which the Church had chosen at that time to be a gathering place for the... read more

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 1:1-47

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 1:12-13

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 1:12-14

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 1:12-26

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Acts 1:13

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 1:1-26

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 1:13

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Acts 1:1-26

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Acts 1:1-26

Geneva Study Bible - Acts 1:13

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