Acts 1:4

Acts 10:41; Acts 2:33; John 14:16; John 14:26-28; John 15:26; John 16:7-15; John 20:22; John 7:39; Luke 11:13; Luke 12:12; Luke 24:41-43; Luke 24:49; Matthew 10:20

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And being assembled together - Margin, “or, eating together.” This sense is given to this place in the Latin Vulgate, the Ethiopic, and the Syria...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

And, being (c) assembled together with [them], commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, whi...
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

being assembled together with. Greek. sunalizomai. Only here. commanded. Greek. parangello. First occurance Matthew 10:5 . Compare App-121....
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

4. Gathering them together, he commanded, etc They had before done the duty of Apostles; but that lasted but a while; and, secondly, so far...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And, being assembled together with them , commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which,...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

That they should not depart, &c.— This seems a plain intimation that, after our Lord had met his disciples in Galilee, he appointed the apostle...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which...
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

And, being assembled ] rather', 'and while sitting at meat with them': see RM and cp. Mark 16:14 . The fact of the risen Lord's eating is attested...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And, being assembled together with them. — The MSS. present two forms of the participle: one with the meaning given in the English version, the oth...
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

And being assembled together with them ,.... At their last meeting at Bethany, or Mount Olivet, which was by appointment: some render the words, as...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And, being assembled together with them , commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which,...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Being assembled together with them Namely, at Jerusalem, to which place they had gone to prepare themselves for the feast of pentecost, or rather,...
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

And being assembled together with them; by his order, or conversing frequently with them, as those that table together. Commanded them that they s...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And, being assembled together with them, he charged them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, “which,” said he,...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jesus' Commission to His Apostles (1:4-11). Here the risen Jesus calls on His believing people to wait for the coming of the promised Holy Spirit...
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...
Scofield Reference Notes

being assembled Or, eating with them. ye have heard Or, heard from me.
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

And being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem. Last words Before ascending Christ had-- I...
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

And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, s...
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

Wait for the promise of the Father, which ye have heard from me — When he was with them a little before, as it is recorded, Luke 24:49 .

⁴ And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he,ye have heard of me.

Related Commentaries of Acts 1:4

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

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

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

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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