Acts 1:10
What meaning of the acts 1:10 in the Bible?
What does Acts 1:10 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;"
What does Acts 1:10 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;"
Verse Acts 1:10. _LOOKED STEADFASTLY_] Keeping their eyes intensely fixed on their ascending Lord; continuing to look even after he had ascended above the region of the inferior clouds. _TWO MEN STOO...
LOOKED STEDFASTLY - They fixed their eyes, or gazed intently toward heaven. Luke 4:20, “and the eyes of all them in the synagogue were fastened (Greek: the same word as here) on him.” It denotes the i...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS Part I The Witness to Jerusalem. The Advent of the Spirit and the Formation of the Church. The Offer to Israel and its Rejection. Chapter s 1-7 CHAPTER 1 _ 1. The Intro...
PROGRAMME OF THE MISSION: THE ASCENSION. Acts 1:6. The opening words suggest a religious meeting; the occurrences of Acts 1:9 are in the open air; _cf._ the tryst made in Mark 16:7 = Matthew 28:16. He...
POWER TO GO ON (Acts 1:1-5)...
LOOKED STEDFASTLY. were gazing earnestly. App-133. TOWARD. into. App-104. HEAVEN. the heaven (sing). See note on Matthew 6:9; Matthew 6:10. WENT UP. was going. BEHOLD. App-133. MEN. App-123. Thes...
Acts 1:1. Link connecting this book with St Luke's Gospel. Detailed account of the Ascension _The Title_. According to the best MSS. this should be simply "Acts of Apostles." The _Cod. Sin._gives only...
Acts 1:1-14. LINK CONNECTING THIS BOOK WITH ST LUKE’S GOSPEL. DETAILED ACCOUNT OF THE ASCENSION...
_JESUS ASCENDED TO HEAVEN ACTS 1:9-12:_ The apostles were allowed to witness the ascension of the Lord. The Lord Jesus was "taken up" because "up" is where God is. Heaven is where Jesus is now sitting...
ΑΤΕΝΊΖΟΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ΆΤΕΝΊΖΩ (G816) глазеть. В медицинских текстах используется для обозначения пристального неподвижного взгляда (MLL, 76). Перифрастическое _part._ указывает на длитель...
DISCOURSE: 1735 CHRIST’S ASCENSION Acts 1:9. _And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. And while they looked stedfastly to...
BEHOLD TWO MEN, &C.— Two angels in human form. As Christ's resurrection had been honoured with the appearance of angels, it is natural to expect that his ascension into heaven would be so likewise. Th...
ON THE MOUNT OF OLIVET ACTS 1:6-11. Acts 1:6 They therefore, when they were come together, asked him, saying, Lord, dost thou at this time restore the kingdom to Israel? Acts 1:7 And he said unto...
10, 11. Not only the ascension of Jesus to heaven, but his future coming to judgment, is to be a prominent topic in the coming narrative, hence the introduction here of another fact, which not even Lu...
And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; AND, WHILE THEY LOOKED STEDFASTLY TOWARD HEAVEN - following Him with their eager eyes...
1 Acts is a continuation of the account of our Lord's ministry as recorded by Luke, who presents Him as Son of Mankind. As Theophilus is mentioned elsewhere only in Luke's account, it seems that the l...
THE ASCENSION. ELECTION OF MATTHIAS 1-5. St. Luke's Introduction. He recapitulates the general contents of his Gospel, adding, however, this additional information, (1) that the appearances of the ri...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ ABOUT THIS BOOK THE WRITER Most people agree that Luke wrote Acts. Luke also wrote the third *Gospel. In Acts, he told how the good news about Jesus *C...
TWO MEN STOOD BY THEM IN WHITE APPAREL. — Better, _were standing,_ the appearance being sudden, and their approach unnoticed. The forms were such as those as had been seen at the portals of the empty...
ἀτενίζοντες ἦσαν : this periphrasis of ἦν or ἦσαν with a present or perfect participle is very frequently found in St. Luke's writings (Friedrich, pp. 12 and 89, and compare the list in Simcox, _u. s....
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 _cont...
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 Pe...
Jesus Ascends Into Heaven Having issued these final instructions, Jesus began to bless the apostles. At that moment, Jesus was taken up into a cloud. This is the fulfillment of the Lord's own predict...
_Behold two men, that is, two angels, stood by them in white apparel. (Witham)_...
THE ASCENSION 9-11. This is the grand climacteric fact of this chapter, suitable to impress it on the memory as the Ascension chapter. When I was at Jerusalem I was never satisfied walking over Mount...
And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. (10) And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two me...
First of all we see man in an entirely new place man risen from among the dead and ascending to heaven. The risen ascended man, Christ Jesus, is the new starting-point of the dealings of God. The firs...
10._Two men _He calleth them so by reason of their form. For although it might be that they had the bodies of men in deed, concerning which thing I will not greatly stand in defense of either part, ye...
Let us now examine the Chapter s in their course. Chapter 1 supplies us with the narrative of that which relates to Jesus risen, and the actions of the apostles before the descent of the Holy Ghost. T...
AND WHILE THEY LOOKED STEADFASTLY TOWARD HEAVEN,.... For though he was taken out of their sight by the cloud, they kept looking upwards, and after him, if they could see him again, or any more of him:...
And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; Ver. 10. _Looked stedfastly_] Or intently, ατενιζοντες : wistly, as taken with that sweet...
_And when he had spoken these things_ Had given them these instructions; _while they beheld_ And had their eyes fixed upon him, with great earnestness and high expectation of some extraordinary event,...
TWO MEN; angels in the form of men. Luke 24:4; JOHN 20:12....
The ascension of Christ:...
Verse 1 establishes the fact that Luke (a Gentile) is the writer, "the former treatise" being his Gospel (Luke 1:1). In that case Theophilus is addressed as "most excellent," manifestly a public offic...
AND WHILE THEY LOOKED STEADFASTLY TOWARD HEAVEN AS HE WENT UP, BEHOLD, TWO MEN STOOD BY THEM IN WHITE APPAREL, 1. Two men - Angels are the messengers of God. They often appear on earth in human form...
And while they were looking stedfastly into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; 'LOOKING STEDFASTLY INTO HEAVEN'-'gazing intently' (NASV); 'strained their eyes' (Knox)....
6-11 They were earnest in asking about that which their Master never had directed or encouraged them to seek. Our Lord knew that his ascension and the teaching of the Holy Spirit would soon end these...
Christ's ascent was the more leisurely, that he might delight their eyes and mind; but especially confirm their faith the more. BEHOLD, TWO MEN STOOD BY THEM, angels in the shape of men, in white appa...
10, 11. Not only the ascension of Jesus to heaven, but his future coming to judgment, is to be a prominent topic in the coming narrative, hence the introduction here of another fact, which not even Lu...
Tertullian On Baptism among the disciples, and the hope of the advent of the Lord indirectly pointed to, in that, at that time, when He had been received back into the heavens, the angels[200] Tertu...
Acts 1:10 And G2532 while G5613 steadfastly G2258 (G5713) G816 (G5723) toward G1519 heaven G3772 He G846 up G4198 (G5740) G2532 behold G2400 (G5628) two G1417 men G435 by G3936 (G5715) them G846 in...
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...
_The Ascension_, 9-11. In three verses the story of the Lord's ascension is told. St. Luke and St. Mark in their Gospels simply record the fact; they add no details whatever, with the exception of one...
WERE LOOKING STEADFASTLY (ατενιζοντες ησαν). Periphrastic imperfect active of ατενιζω, a late intensive verb (intensive α and τεινω, to stretch). Common in Acts and also in Luke 4:20; Luke 22:56 as...
Acts 1:1 _(with Luke 24:15)_ Ascension Day I. It is quite necessary to seize firmly and hold fast by this thought, that the acts of Apostles and all subsequent acts of their true successors, are, a...
Acts 1:1. _The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandme...
CONTENTS: Resurrection ministry of Christ. The apostolic commission. Promise of the Lord's second coming. Waiting for the coming of the Spirit. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Spirit, Luke, Theophilus, John...
Acts 1:1. _The former treatise have I made of all that Jesus began to do and teach._ St. Luke, a companion of St. Paul, here continues his history. It comprises a display of providence and grace in th...
THEY STILL HAD THEIR EYES FIXED ON THE SKY. In surprise at what has just happened! As they stand there, two men dressed in white (angels) suddenly are standing beside them....
_The former treatise have I made._ A TRUE COMMENCEMENT MUST HAVE RESPECT TO WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE In any new beginning of study or work, it is important to have in mind what has been done before in t...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 1:1 Preparation for Witness. Acts 1:1 opens with the account of the Spirit’s descent at Pentecost. Chapter Acts 1:1 relates the preparation for that event, which occurs in Acts 2:1....
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 1:6. WHEN THEY WERE COME TOGETHER.—(The Sinaitic codex omits _together_.) This was not the meeting referred to in Acts 1:4, but the last interview recorded in Luke 24:36, whic...
EXPOSITION ACTS 1:1 _I made_ for _have I made, _A.V.; _concerning _for _of, _A.V.; _to teach _for _teach, _A.V. THE FORMER TREATISE; literally, _the first _history, narrative, or discourse. The form...
Shall we turn to the book of Acts, chapter one, as we begin our study of the early church. Luke, the author of the book of Acts, a companion of Paul the apostle, who was author also of the Gospel Acco...
2 Kings 2:11; 2 Kings 2:12; Acts 10:3; Acts 10:30; Daniel 7:9; John 20:12; Luke 24:4; Mark 16:5; Matthew 17:2; Matthew 28:3;...
Looked steadfastly [α τ ε ν ι ζ ο ν τ ε ς η σ α ν]. See on Luke 4:20....
MISSIONS IN THE BOOK OF ACTS Acts 1:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We will set before you the steps which were preparatory to the coming of the Spirit, and the inauguration of the great missionary endeavor....
Observe here, How the spectators of our Lord's ascension were justly transported into an extacy of wonder and admiration. Christ ascended gradually and leisurely, that he might at once confirm the fai...