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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 1:1-3

Introductory Words (1:1-3). 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

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 1:4-11

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 Who would be poured out on them like rain on fruitful ground. Once this happens they are to forget their own ideas about what the future holds, and go out into the world to be His witnesses to the ends of the earth. After saying this Jesus Himself is taken up to heaven, and two ‘men’ clothed in white inform the watchers that He will one day come in... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 1:5

‘For John indeed baptised (drenched) with water; but you will be baptised (drenched) in the Holy Spirit not many days from now.’ The risen Jesus now confirms the final fulfilment of all that John’s baptism pointed to in the pouring out of the Holy Spirit in terms of rain as forecast by the prophets (Isaiah 32:15; Isaiah 44:1-5; Isaiah 55:9-13; Ezekiel 36:25-27). The prophets had declared that in the final days the Spirit would be poured out like rain from above, and while Luke has already given... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 1:6

‘They therefore, when they were come together, asked him, saying, “Lord, do you at this time restore the kingly rule to Israel?” ’ ‘Lord.’ What a different view they had of Jesus now. He was no more ‘teacher’ or Rabbi’ or even ‘Master’. He was ‘Lord’. In the words of Thomas, ‘My Lord and my God’ (John 20:28). Yet even so they did not understand what the Lordship meant for the world. For the disciples still had a very physical view of the coming kingdom. We have seen this coming out in the... read more

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

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

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

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

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

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 1:1-3

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

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 1:4-11

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 1:5

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 1:6

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