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Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Acts 1:12-14

Acts THE ASCENSION Act_1:1 - Act_1:14 . The Ascension is twice narrated by Luke. The life begun by the supernatural birth ends with the supernatural Ascension, which sets the seal of Heaven on Christ’s claims and work. Therefore the Gospel ends with it. But it is also the starting-point of the Christ’s heavenly activity, of which the growth of His Church, as recorded in the Acts, is the issue. Therefore the Book of the Acts of the Apostles begins with it. The keynote of the ‘treatise’ lies... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Acts 1:1-14

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 to do and teach. Evidently this further book is a continuation of His deeds and words. It ought to be called “The Acts of the Ascended Christ.” The Gospel tells of what Jesus did through a mortal body; and this book what He did through the Church, which is His body, “the fullness of Him that filleth all in all.” Here we learn that the time between the... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Acts 1:15-26

Filling a Vacant Place Acts 1:15-26 It may be that the Apostles were acting upon Christ’s directions, when they proceeded to the election of a successor to Judas. There was awe in Peter’s voice, as he describes the traitor as the guide of the arresting band, although he had been numbered with the Apostles and had obtained part in their ministry. It was as though Peter felt that it might have been himself. He and the rest had stood at the brink of the precipice over which Judas had flung... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Acts 1:1-26

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 the last glimpse we have of the disciples before Pentecost, together with the account of the Ascension. We then see them during the period between the Ascension and the coming of the Holy Spirit. It is interesting to study the list of those who are named as being gathered together with them. Their need for that Spirit for guidance is revealed in... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Acts 1:1-3

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 commending of His Spirit unto the Father, the body of our Lord was laid in the tomb of Joseph of Arimathaea. After the burial was over the sepulcher was made sure by the sealing of the stone and the setting of a watch. Three dark days followed days filled with doubts and despair. In the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week,... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Acts 1:1-11

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 darkness as dense as that which shrouded the earth in chaotic times, fell upon the disciples. Had the Lord Jesus remained dead, the Church had never been born; the followers of the Saviour had never been re-invigorated; and the preaching of the Gospel had never been known. With Christ in the tomb, we would have a Christ dishonored of men, disowned of God, and... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Acts 1:11

ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN‘Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven?’ Acts 1:11 The words contain a reproach. Christ had left His disciples not a barren legacy of sorrow and idleness, but an inexhaustible fund of joy and an inheritance of practical labours for His sake. And so with the angel’s words ringing in their ears they returned to Jerusalem and, after tarrying for the promise of the Holy Ghost, flung themselves into practical labours of Divine mission. I. Gazing into heaven.( a)... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 1:1-2

‘The former treatise I made, O Theophilus, concerning all that Jesus began both to do and to teach, until the day in which he was received up, after that he had given commandment through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen, to whom he also showed himself alive after his passion by many proofs, appearing to them by the space of forty days, and speaking the things concerning the Kingly Rule of God.’ Luke reminds Theophilus of what he has previously written. In his first volume (his... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 1:4

‘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, “you heard from me”.’ The importance of the Holy Spirit in what follows comes out here. The book commences with reference to ‘the promise of the Father’, which Luke then defines in terms of the Holy Spirit. Compare for the phrase ‘promise of the Father’ Luke 24:49 where ‘the promise of My Father unto you’ connects with ‘power from on high’ which... read more

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