Acts 1:4 - Exposition

He charged them not to deport for commanded them that they should not depart, A.V.; to wait for wait, A.V.; said he for saith he, A.V.; from me for of me, A.V. Being assembled , etc. (R.T. on, its μετ ' αὐτῶν ); more exactly, as he was assembling with them (Field, in 'Otium Norvicense'). Not to depart from Jerusalem . (See Luke 24:49 .) It was necessary, according to the prophecy, Micah 4:2 ; Isaiah 2:3 , that the gospel should go forth from Jerusalem. Wait for the promise . (See Luke 24:49 .) The promise of the Father formed the subject of our Lord's discourse to the apostles on the last night of his earthly life, as recorded in John 14:16 , John 14:17 , John 14:26 ; John 15:26 ; John 16:7-14 . He doubtless here refers to that conversation, though not, of course, to the record of it in the Gospel of St. John.