The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Acts 1:1-5
The Ascension of Jesus. The last commission of Jesus: v. 1. The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, v. 2. until the day in which He was taken up, after that He through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom He had chosen; v. 3. 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 pertaining to the kingdom of God; v. 4. And,... read more
F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - Acts 1:1-99
Acts 1 BY ITS OPENING words the Acts of the Apostles is linked in the clearest way with the Gospel of Luke. The same Theophilus is addressed, and in the first chapter the story is resumed just at the point where the Gospel left off, save that a few extra details are given of the Lord’s words after His resurrection, and the account of His ascension is repeated in a somewhat different setting. The Gospel leads up to His resurrection and ascension. The Acts starts from those glorious facts... read more