Acts 1:13 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 1:12-26

The interval between the Ascension and Pentecost. I. THE SCENE IN THE UPPER ROOM . Obedient to the Lord's command, the disciples return to Jerusalem. A certain upper chamber, probably in a private dwelling, became the first Christian Church. Epiphanius says that when Hadrian came to Jerusalem, he found the temple desolate and but few houses standing. This "little church of God," however, remained; and Nicephorus says that the Empress Helena enclosed it in her larger church.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 1:13

The upper chamber for an upper room, A.V.; where they were abiding for where abode, A.V.; son of James for brother of James, A.V. The upper chamber ; perhaps the same room where they had eaten the Passover with Christ ( Luke 22:12 ); but this is very uncertain, though affirmed by Epiphanius, and by Nicephorus, who further relates that the very house in which the upper chamber was built into the back part of the temple which the Empress Helena erected on Mount Sion. The word... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 1:13

1. Simon Peter 1. Simon Peter 1. Simon Peter 1. Simon Peter 2. Andrew 2. James 2. Andrew 2. John 3. James 3. John 3. James 3. James 4. John 4. Andrew 4. John 4. Andrew 5. Phillip 5. Philip 5. Philip 5. Philip 6. Bartholomew 6. Bartholomew 6. Bartholomew 6. Thomas 7. Thomas 7. Matthew 7. Matthew 7. Bartholomew 8. Matthew 8. Thomas 8. Thomas 8. Matthew 9. James son of... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 1:13

Were come in - To Jerusalem.They went up into an upper room - The word ὑπερῷον huperoōn, here translated “upper room,” occurs only four times in the New Testament: Acts 9:37, “She (Dorcas) was sick and died; whom when they had washed, they laid her in an upper chamber” (see also Acts 9:39); Acts 20:8, “And there were many lights in the upper chamber where they were gathered together.” The room so designated was an upper chamber used for devotion, or as a place where to lay the dead before... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 1:13-14

Acts 1:13-14. When they were come, they went up into an upper room Where they usually held their meetings. The upper rooms, so frequently mentioned in Scripture, were chambers in the highest part of the houses, set apart by the Jews for private prayer. These, on account of their being so retired and convenient, the apostles now used for all the offices of religion. Here all the eleven were assembled, who all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication And that with great... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Acts 1:12-26

A replacement for Judas (1:12-26)After Jesus’ departure, the apostles returned to Jerusalem, where they met and prayed with various people, among them Jesus’ mother and brothers. During the time of Jesus’ ministry, his brothers had not believed in him as the Son of God, but the resurrection must have turned them to true faith (12-14; cf. John 7:5; 1 Corinthians 15:7; 1 Corinthians 15:7).Soon after, the apostles met with just over a hundred other Christians in Jerusalem to choose an apostle to... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 1:13

were come = entered. an = the. upper room. Greek. huperoon : here; Acts 9:37 , Acts 9:39 ; Acts 20:8 . Not the same word as in Mark 14:15 .Luke 22:12 . abode = were abiding. Greek. katameno. Only here. Peter, &c. See App-141 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Acts 1:13

And when they were come in, they went up into the upper chamber, where they were abiding; both Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of James.The upper chamber ... may not be certainly identified, despite persistent tradition to the effect that it was the place where the Last Supper was held, and that it was in the home of Mary, sister of Barnabas and mother of John Mark.The list of the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Acts 1:13-14

Acts 1:13-14. They went up into an upper room,— This might be rendered into the upper room. There was in Jerusalem an upper room in which the apostles had been used to assemble with their Lord, where they had eaten the last supper with him, and where perhaps they had assembled since his resurrection, and been favoured with his company. Such a room many of the richer and more devout Jews used tohave in their houses for religious exercises. Some say, that this room where the apostles assembled,... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Acts 1:13

13. went up into an upper room—perhaps the same "large upper room" where with their Lord they had celebrated the last Passover and the first Supper (Luke 22:12). where abode—not lodged, but had for their place of rendezvous. Peter, &c.—(See on Luke 22:12- :). read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 1:12-26

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 1:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 1:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 1:13

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 1:13-14

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Acts 1:12-26

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 1:13

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Acts 1:13

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Acts 1:13-14

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Acts 1:13

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