Acts 1:21 NLT,NIV,ESV

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 1:12-26

Preparation For Pentecost (1:12-26). In obedience to His command they returned to Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives where all this had happened, and entered the upper chamber where they were staying. And from this time on they spent their time in ‘the prayer’, probably mainly in the Temple with a number of other disciples (Luke 24:53), waiting patiently for what Jesus had promised. ‘The prayer’ may signify the prayer that He had taught them Luke 11:2-4, ‘May Your name be sanctified (by the... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 1:21-22

‘Of the men therefore who have kept company with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and went out among us, beginning from the baptism of John, to the day that he was received up from us, of these must one become a witness with us of his resurrection.’ The credentials for the replacement, for a member of ‘the twelve’, is made clear (which were in fact stricter than the ones Jesus had required for some of the original twelve). Such a one was to be someone who had been a disciple right... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 1:15-26

Acts 1:15-Ezekiel : . Election of a Twelfth Apostle.—“ In those days” ( cf. Mark 1:9; a vague expression) Peter comes forward as leader. 1 Corinthians 15:6 * speaks of 500 brethren at once. The first to whom the risen Lord appeared was naturally their leader; though Ac. does not mention this, Lk. does ( Luke 24:24-Nahum :). We have here the first example in Ac. of the application of OT passages to Christian things. Two passages from Ps. are applied to Judas, whose place is now to be filled.... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Acts 1:21

There were to be twelve apostles in the Christian church, to answer unto the twelve patriarchs and twelve tribes in the Jewish church. Companied with us, in ordinary conversation, Went in and out among us; in discharge of his ministry, and gathering of disciples among us. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Acts 1:15-26

CRITICAL REMARKSActs 1:15. Those days lay between the Ascension and Pentecost. For disciples, μαθητῶν, the R.V. reads brethren, ἀδελφῶν, as in Matthew 25:40; Acts 9:30; Acts 11:29; 1 Corinthians 5:11. Names = persons, as in Revelation 3:4; Revelation 11:13. Unclassical. Together, ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ, has always a local signification. (See Acts 3:1; Luke 17:35.)Acts 1:16. Scripture … which the Holy Ghost spake.—A testimony to the Inspiration of the Old Testament. Compare 2 Peter 1:21. By the mouth of... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Acts 1:21-22

Acts 1:21-22 The Christian Ministry I. Consider what may be gathered, in regard to the office and qualifications of an Apostle, from that portion of Scripture brought before you by the services of the day. You will observe that St. Peter defines the office as that of being a witness to the resurrection of Christ, and requires that the appointed individual should be taken from those who had been associated with Christ through His earthly ministrations. So thoroughly is the resurrection an... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Acts 1:1-26

Shall we turn to the book of Acts, chapter one, as we begin our study of the early church.Luke, the author of the book of Acts, a companion of Paul the apostle, who was author also of the Gospel According to Luke, wrote these two treatises to a friend, Theophilus. Theophilus is a Greek name. It's a name that has a beautiful meaning. The name means lover of God. There are some who believe that it was not a man at all, but that the gospel and the book of Acts were addressed to the lovers of God,... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Acts 1:1-26

Acts 1:1 . The former treatise have I made of all that Jesus began to do and teach. St. Luke, a companion of St. Paul, here continues his history. It comprises a display of providence and grace in the first planting of christianity, and a striking comment on the ancient prophecies concerning the early call of the gentiles to the kingdom and fellowship of Christ. The evangelist kept a journal of all his labours and travels, which he published after the two years of Paul’s imprisonment at... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 1:21-22

Acts 1:21-22Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us.The familiar side of Christ’s lifeThere are many ways of regarding the life of Christ: e.g., the philosophical or ideal, as in John’s Gospel; the historical, in its larger world relation, as in Luke and St. Paul’s Epistles; or, as here, the familiar. A proverbial touch may be detected in the phraseology of the text recalling Psalms 121:8. Such an expression indicates “the... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Acts 1:21

21 Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, Ver. 21. Wherefore of these ] To make up the breach again; like as the crowned saints fill up the room in heaven of the apostate angels. read more