Acts 1:7 - Exposition

Times or seasons for the times or the seasons, A.V.; set within his own authority for put in his own power, A.V. It is not for you to know , etc. The time of the end is always spoken of as hidden. Times or season . Times with reference to duration, seasons with reference to fitness or opportunity. Which the Father . The distinctive use of the word "Father" here agrees with our Lord's saying in Mark 13:32 , "Neither the Son, but the Father." Hath set within his own authority ( ἐξουσίᾳ ) . Hath reserved under his own authority ('Speaker's Commentary'); "Has established by means of his own plenitude of power" (Meyer); "Hath put or kept in his own power (A.V., and so Afford). This last seems the best.