Acts 1:9

And when He had spoken these things, while they beheld, He was taken up; and a cloud received Him out of their sight.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

While they beheld - While they saw him. It was of importance to state that circumstance, and to state it distinctly. It is not affirmed in the Ne...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(4) And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. (4) After Christ had promi...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Programme of the Mission: the Ascension. Acts 1:6 . The opening words suggest a religious meeting; the occurrences of Acts 1:9-11 are in the op...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

beheld. App-133. taken up . lifted up. Greek. epairo. First occurance Matthew 17:8 . Always in Gospels, "lift up". a cloud. Not. rain cloud...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

9. The readers may learn out of our Institutions what profit we reap by the ascension of Christ. Notwithstanding, because it is one of the chie...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1735 CHRIST’S ASCENSION Acts 1:9-11 . And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received h...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. He was taken up - He was speaki...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

A cloud received him, &c.— That is, some bright appearance like a cloud, accompanied by angels. It was for majesty, and not for necessity, th...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. And when he had spoken...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Ascension. Election of Matthias 1-5. St. Luke's Introduction. He recapitulates the general contents of his Gospel, adding, however, this addit...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Ascension . Belief in the Ascension of Jesus follows necessarily from belief in His resurrection. If Jesus rose from the dead not with a natural...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

A cloud received him ] The visible and corporal Ascension does not necessarily imply that heaven is a place situated above the clouds. The object of...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

He was taken up; and a cloud received him... — It is remarkable how little stress is laid in the Gospels on the fact which has always been so promi...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 3 THE ASCENSION OF CHRIST AND ITS LESSONS. Acts 1:9 IN this passage we have the bare literal statement of the fact of Christ's ascensi...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. (10) And while they looked stea...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And when he had spoken these things ,.... That the times and seasons were not to be known by them, but to be kept a secret by the Father: that they...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. Ver. 9. And a cloud ] Look...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And when he had spoken these things Had given them these instructions; while they beheld And had their eyes fixed upon him, with great earnestnes...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Christ's Address to His Apostles; Christ's Ascension into Heaven. 6 When they the...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sermon Bible Commentary

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wells of Living Water Commentary

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⁹ And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.

Related Commentaries of Acts 1:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wells of Living Water Commentary

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