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Then returned they unto Jerusalem - In Luke 24:52 , we are told that they worshipped Jesus before they returned, and it is probable that the act...
Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath (h) day's journey. (h) About two miles.
The Community at Jerusalem. The scene of the Ascension was not mentioned before; we hear of it now. Luke 24:50 puts it at Bethany which is ( John...
Olivet. Only here in N.T., but found often in the Papyri. The usual expression is the "Mount of Olives". from . near. a sabbath day's journey....
12. That he may pass over unto another history, he showeth that the disciples being returned unto Jerusalem, dwelt together in one parlor. For...
Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey. A Sabbath day's journey - See the di...
A sabbath day's journey.— That is, about a mile. See the note on Luke 24:50 .
Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey. Then returned they unto Jerusa...
The Ascension. Election of Matthias 1-5. St. Luke's Introduction. He recapitulates the general contents of his Gospel, adding, however, this addit...
waiting Church. 12. Olivet ] lit. 'the olive-orchard'; called usually The Mount of Olives. This, the scene of Christ's agony and betrayal, is now ma...
From the mount called Olivet. — As to the name, see Note on Luke 19:29 . The mention of the distance, and the measure of distance employed are, bo...
Beginning Afresh Acts 1:1-14 Luke informs Theophilus (the name means “a lover of God”) that his Gospel told the story of what the Lord began...
In the opening verse Luke reveals the nature of his first treatise. It had to do with "all that Jesus began to do and to teach." This is followed by...
Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey. (13) And when they were come in, the...
Then returned they unto Jerusalem ,.... With great joy, after the angels had told them that he should come again in like manner: from the mount ca...
Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey. Ver. 12. From the mount ] Near u...
Then returned they unto Jerusalem According to their Master's appointment, having first worshipped him, Luke 24:52 . Here they were in the midst o...
Verse 1 establishes the fact that Luke (a Gentile) is the writer, "the former treatise" being his Gospel ( Luke 1:1-3 ). In that case Theophilus is a...
The Apostles in Jerusalem. 12 Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount ca...
From the mount called Olivet, which Bethany was a part of, as situate towards the bottom of it, remoter from Jerusalem. Hence Luke 24:50 , diffe...
‘Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is nigh to Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey off.' The citing of the place whe...
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,...
CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 1:12 . A Sabbath day’s journey —according to Josephus six ( Ant. , XX. viii. 6) or five ( Wars , V. ii. 3) furlongs—marked...
Acts 1:1-3 . The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, until the day in which he was taken up, a...
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....
The former treatise have I made. A true commencement must have respect to what has gone before In any new beginning of study or work, it is imp...
And when He had spoken these words, while they beheld, He was taken up. Taken up How we talk about “up,” took “up” I What eager, earnest; faces...
Then returned they unto Jerusalem. The return to Jerusalem The distance was a “Sabbath-day’s journey”; not that Moses had limited a journey on...
EXPOSITION Acts 1:1 I made for have I made, A.V.; concerning for of, A.V.; to teach for teach, A.V. The former treatise; lite...
Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a Sabbath-day's journey.
The Election of Matthias. The return to Jerusalem:
John 11:18 ; Luke 21:37 ; Luke 24:50 ; Luke 24:52 ; Matthew 21:1 ; Matthew 24:3 ; Matthew 26:30 ; Zechariah 14:4
A Sabbath — day's journey — The Jews generally fix this to two thousand cubits, which is not a mile.
12 Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey.