Acts 1:3

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He showed himself - The resurrection of Jesus was the great fact on which the truth of the gospel was to be established. Hence, the sacred writer...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(2) To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many (b) infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things p...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Introduction. The writer refers to his former treatise, intimating rather than stating that he is beginning a second. The Ascension is his present...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

also. Read after "Himself". shewed . presented. after His passion . after (Greek. meta. App-104.) that He suffered. infallible proofs . ind...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

3. Unto whom, etc He addeth this, that he might make the resurrection to be believed, as a thing most necessary to be known, and without the...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertainin...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Shewed himself alive by many infallible proofs,— By infallible proofs are meant such proofs as amount to a demonstration, and cannot admit of the...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things perta...
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

Many infallible proofs] RV omits 'infallible,' but the Gk. implies that they were reliable and convincing. The 'many' is important, for St. Luke re...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

After his passion. — Literally, after He had suffered. The English somewhat anticipates the later special sense of “passion.” By many infallibl...
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

To whom also he showed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertainin...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

To whom also he showed himself alive after his passion ,.... That is, after his sufferings and death; for that he suffered many things, and at last...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertainin...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The former treatise have I made , &c. The treatise here referred to is undoubtedly the gospel, which was written by Luke, and dedicated by him t...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proofs of Christ's Resurrection; Christ's Address to His Apostles. 1 The former t...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

To whom, i.e. the apostles, he showed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs; eating, drinking, speaking, walking with them; n...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Introductory Words (1:1-3).
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 1:3 . Being seen of them , or showing Himself to them, not in a subjective vision, but objectively and really, during (διά...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Acts 1:1-11 (with Luke 24:15-53 ) Ascension Day I. It is quite necessary to seize firmly and hold fast by this thought, that the acts of Apos...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 Biblical Illustrator

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...
The Biblical Illustrator

To whom also He showed Himself alive after His Passion. He rose again from the dead I. The fact itself, or the notion of a resurrection in gene...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Ascension of Jesus. The last commission of Jesus:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

to whom also He showed Himself alive after His Passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaini...
Wells of Living Water Commentary

Alive After His Passion Acts 1:1-3 ; Mark 16:9-14 INTRODUCTORY WORDS After the last cry which Christ uttered upon the Cross, and the comm...
Wells of Living Water Commentary

Missions in the Book of Acts Acts 1:1-11 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We will set before you the steps which were preparatory to the coming of the Spiri...
Wells of Living Water Commentary

Results of the Resurrection Acts 1:1-11 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. If Christ had not been raised. When Jesus Christ lay-dead in the tomb, a darknes...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Being seen by them forty days — That is, many times during that space. And speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God — Which was the...

³ To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:

Related Commentaries of Acts 1:3

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

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

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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

Preacher's Complete Homiletical 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

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Acts 1:3