“ And ye are witnesses of these things. ”
Are witnesses of these things - Of my life, my sufferings, my death, and my resurrection. How solemn was their office - to “testify” these things to the world, and, in the face of suffering and d...
The Last Words and the Ascension. Jesus reminds His disciples how He had told them that Scripture predictions about Him must be fulfilled. He goes over the ground again (with Luke 24:45 cf. Lu...
witnesses . witness-bearers. Compare Acts 1:8 ; Acts 2:32 ; Acts 3:15 ; Acts 4:33 ; Acts 5:30-32 , &c.
48. And you are witnesses of those things. He does not yet commission them to preach the gospel, but only reminds them to what service he has appointed them, that they may prepare themselves...
And ye are witnesses of these things. Ye are witnesses of these things - He gave them a full commission to proclaim these glad tidings of peace and salvation to a lost world. The disciples were witne...
And ye are witnesses of these things.— That this was the grand business of the apostles, is evident; and the ingenious author of Miscellanea Sacra has taken great pains to shew how the title of w...
And ye are witnesses of these things. And ye are witnesses of these things (see the notes at Acts 1:8 ; Acts 1:22 ).
The Resurrection and the Ascension 1-11. Two angels appear to the women at the sepulchre ( Matthew 28:1-8 ; Mark 16:1-8 : cp. John 20:1-2 ). See on Mt and Jn.
Ye are witnesses of these things. — Here again we have a link connecting the Gospel with the Acts, the key-note of which, especially in the earlier Chapter s, is that the disciples are to be “witne...
Chapter 26 THE FIRST LORD'S DAY. THE Sabbath came and went over the grave of its Lord, and silence reigned in Joseph's garden, broken only by the mailed sentinels, who laughed and chatted by, the...
“Witnesses of These Things” Luke 24:44-53 The risen Savior is the key to Scripture. The pages of Holy Writ need the illumination that falls from His face. Whenever you open the Old Testament, d...
No human eye saw the resurrection. The women came early, but only to find the stone rolled away. The record of those earliest experiences is full of touching beauty. Luke alone gives us the story of...
"And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in th...
And ye are witnesses of these things. As they were witnesses of the truth of his humanity, having seen, and heard, and handled him, both before, and after his resurrection from the dead, and of all...
And ye are witnesses of these things. Ver. 48. And ye are witnesses ] Therefore prepare to preach the Gospel to every creature. And take it for a singular seal of my love, that notwithstanding yo...
And he said to them Not, as appears, on the day of his resurrection, but on that of his ascension. These are the words which I spake to you In private, frequently; while I was yet with you Dwel...
HE IS NOT HERE. BUT RISEN (vs.1-12) Though these dear women came to the grave very early in the morning the first day of the week, they were too late. Mary of Bethany had anointed the Lord Jesus...
Christ's Interview with the Apostles. 36 And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, Pea...
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The New Message And The New Power (24:44-51) In Mark 1:15 the Gospel is summarised as, ‘The time is fulfilled, and the Kingly Rule of God is at hand, repent and believe in the Good News.' In oth...
CRITICAL NOTES Luke 24:44 . These are the words .— I.e. , “this is the meaning of the words.” Probably in Luke 24:44-49 St. Luke gives a summary of Christ’s discourses during the time between...
Luke 24:1-4 . Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulcher, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them. And they found...
Luke 24:21 . To-day is the third day. Christ was to rise the third day, according to the scriptures, as he had intimated to the disciples. Matthew 20:19 . See also Genesis 22:4 ; Genesis 42:18...
Jesus Himself stood in the midst of them The first appearance of the risen Lord to the eleven I. THE CERTAINTY OF OUR LORD’S RESURRECTION. No fact in history is better attested. 1. Observe,...
EXPOSITION Luke 24:1-42 THE RESURRECTION . All the four evangelists give an account of the Resurrection. None of the four, however, attempt to give a history of it simply from a hum...
Further proof of the Risen Savior's reality:
1 John 1:2 ; 1 John 1:3 ; Acts 1:22 ; Acts 1:8 ; Acts 10:39 ; Acts 10:41 ; Acts 13:31 ; Acts 2:32 ; Acts 22:15 ; Acts 3:15 ; Acts 4:33 ; Acts 5:32 ; Hebrews 2:3 ; Hebrews 2:4 ; John 15...
Christ's Missionary Command as Seen in the Early Church Matthew 28:18-20 ; Mark 16:15-20 ; Luke 24:45-49 INTRODUCTORY WORDS As the time came for the Lord to leave, and to return to His F...