Acts 1:2 - Exposition

Received for taken, A.V.; commandment for commandments, A.V.; after that he had given commandment through the Holy Ghost for after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments , A.V. The commandment or directions given by our Lord to the apostles between the Resurrection and the Ascension are recorded partly in Luke 24:44-49 ; Matthew 28:19 , Matthew 28:20 ; Mark 16:15-18 ; John 21:1-25 .; and yet more fully in John 21:3-8 of this chapter. Through the Holy Ghost. The sense is certain. Jesus gave his charge to his apostles through the Holy Ghost . It was by the Holy Ghost abiding in him that he spake to the apostles. This is the repeated declaration of Holy Scripture. "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me" ( Isaiah 61:1 ; Luke 4:18 ; Acts 10:38 . See also Luke 4:1 ; Matthew 12:28 ; Hebrews 9:14 ; and for the construction, Acts 11:28 ; Acts 21:4 ). Received up ( ἀνελήφθη ); the stone word as is used in the Septuagint of Elijah ( 2 Kings 2:10 , 2 Kings 2:11 ). In Luke 24:5 it is carried up . ( ἀνεφέρετο )