Acts 1:4-5 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 1:1-8

Christ's mission and ours. The introduction to this narrative of" the things pertaining to the kingdom of God" suggests to us truths concerning the mission of our Divine Lord and also concerning our own. I. THE MISSION OF CHRIST . We gather front the opening words of Luke that this was fourfold, and may be included under these heads: 1. Miraculous works. He "began to do " (verse 1). The "mighty works" of Jesus were far from being mere "wonders:" they were 2. ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 1:1-11

The recapitulation. St. Luke is like a traveler, who, having gained a certain summit, before he proceeds on his journey through the new country which is opening upon his view, stops and looks back upon the scene which he has traversed, but which he is now about to lose sight of. He marks the sites which had attracted his attention as he journeyed—the rising knoll, the conspicuous wood, the sheet of water, the open plain. But as he looks he spies out other objects which he had not noticed... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 1:4

He charged them not to deport for commanded them that they should not depart, A.V.; to wait for wait, A.V.; said he for saith he, A.V.; from me for of me, A.V. Being assembled , etc. (R.T. on, its μετ ' αὐτῶν ); more exactly, as he was assembling with them (Field, in 'Otium Norvicense'). Not to depart from Jerusalem . (See Luke 24:49 .) It was necessary, according to the prophecy, Micah 4:2 ; Isaiah 2:3 , that the gospel should go forth from Jerusalem. Wait for the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 1:4

The Divine equipment. "Wait for the promise of the Father." The great Head of the Church addressing its leaders. The Son of God speaking to those who themselves should receive power to become the sons of God, and to lilt up the world into a Divine household. In the infancy of the Church all depended on simple obedience to orders. Immense evil from not waiting for God's time and preparation. Here are the two guiding lights—the promise unfolding the prospect, the commandment marking... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 1:4

The supreme promise to the Church. "Commanded them that they should … wait for the promise of the Father." The exact designation here employed to describe the gift, and the special gift, of the Holy Ghost—namely, "the promise of the Father"—is confined to the writing of St. Luke; as it were, the outcome of his assiduous memory. In the Gospel ( Luke 24:49 ) he remembers it to quote it, in its completest precision: "Behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you." These are the two... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 1:4-5

"The promise of the Father." It was a characteristic feature of our Lord's teaching, and more especially of the closing portions of it, that he sought to set his Father, not himself, prominently before the minds of his disciples: e.g. "The Father that is in me, he doeth the works;" "I do the will of him who sent me," etc. So, when speaking of the gift of the Spirit to the Church, our Lord impresses on the disciples that they must think of that Spirit as his Father's gift, made to them... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 1:5

Indeed for truly, A.V. Ye shall be baptized , etc. (Comp. Matthew 3:11 ; Luke 3:16 ; John 1:33 .) St. Peter refers to this saying of the Lord's in his address to the Church of Jerusalem ( Acts 11:16 ), and the record of it here may be an indication that St. Luke derived his information of these early events from Peter. A curious question arises as to the baptism of the apostles themselves. When were they baptized, and by whom? Chrysostom says, "They were baptized by John." But it... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 1:4

And being assembled together - Margin, “or, eating together.” This sense is given to this place in the Latin Vulgate, the Ethiopic, and the Syriac versions. But the Greek word has not properly this signification. It has the meaning of “congregating, or assembling.” It should have been, however, translated in the active sense, “and having assembled them together.” The apostles were scattered after his death. But this passage denotes that he had assembled them together by his authority, for the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 1:5

For John truly baptized ... - These are the words of Jesus to his apostles, and he evidently has reference to what was said of John’s baptism compared with his own in Matthew 3:11; John 1:33. In those verses John is represented as baptizing with water, but the Messiah who was to come, as baptizing with the Holy Spirit and with fire. This promise was now about to be fulfilled in a remarkable manner. See Acts 2:0.Not many days hence - This was probably spoken not long before his ascension, and of... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 1:4-5

Acts 1:4-5. Being assembled together with them Namely, at Jerusalem, to which place they had gone to prepare themselves for the feast of pentecost, or rather, in obedience to Christ’s command, who, after he had met them in Galilee, had appointed them to meet him there, that he might spend his last days on earth in that once holy city, doing this last honour to the place where God had chosen to dwell, and where the most solemn ordinances of his worship had been administered. He commanded... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 1:1-8

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The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 1:4

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The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 1:4-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 1:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 1:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 1:5

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 1:4-5

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