Acts 1:8

But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. BUT YE SHALL RECEIVE POWER (CF. LUKE 24:49 ), AFTER THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT IS COME UPON YOU: AND YE SHALL BE WITNESSES UNTO ME, [ moi (G3427)] - or rather, according to the true reading, 'witnesses of me,' or, 'my witnesses' [ mou (G3450) is read by 'Aleph (') A B C D, moi (G3427) only by E; and so Lachmann and Tischendorf]. Both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost...

8._You shall receive power. _Our Savior Christ doth here call them back as well unto the promise of God as also unto his commandment, which was the readiest way to bridle their curiosity. Curiosity doth rise almost always either of idleness or else of distrust; distrust is cured by meditating upon the promises of God. And his commandments do tell us how we ought to occupy ourselves and employ our studies. Therefore, he commandeth his disciples to wait for the promise of God, and to be diligent in executing their office whereunto God had called them. And in the mean season he noteth (27) their great hastiness, in that they did preposterously catch at those gifts which were proper unto the Holy Spirit, when as they were not as yet endued with the same. Neither did they take the right way herein, in that being called to go on warfare, they desire (omitting their labor) to lake their ease in...

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 expectations, and therefore only gave them a rebuke; but it is a caution to his church in all ages, to take heed of a desire of forbidden knowledge. He had given his disciples instructions for the discharge of their duty, both before his death and since his resurrection, and this knowledge is enough for a Christian. It is enough that He has engaged to give believers strength equal to their trials and services; that under the influence of the Holy Spirit they may, in one way or other, be witnesses for Christ on earth, while in heaven he manages their concerns with perfect wisdom, truth, and love. When we stand gazing and trifling, the thoughts of our Master's second coming should quicken and...

Verse Acts 1:8. _BUT YE SHALL RECEIVE POWER_] ληψεσθε δυναμιν. Translating different terms of the original by the _same_ English word is a source of misapprehension and error. We must not understand δυναμις which we translate _power_ in this verse, as we do εξουσια, translated by the same word in the preceding verse. In the one, God's infinite _authority_ over all times and seasons, and his uncompellable liberty of acting or not acting in any given case, are particularly pointed out: in the other, the _energy_ communicated by him to his disciples, through which they were enabled to _work miracles_, is particularly intended; and δυναμις, in general, signifies such power, and is sometimes put for _that_ of which it is the _cause_, viz. a _miracle_. See Matthew 7:22;...

BUT YE SHALL RECEIVE POWER ... - Literally, as it is translated in the margin, “Ye shall receive the power of the Holy Spirit coming upon you.” This was said to them to console them. Though they could not know the times which God reserved in his own appointment, yet they should receive the promised Guide and Comforter. The word “power” here refers to the help or aid which the Holy Spirit would grant; the power of speaking with new tongues; of preaching the gospel with great effect; of enduring great trials, etc. See Mark 16:17. The apostles had impatiently asked him if he was then about to restore the kingdom to Israel. Jesus by this answer rebuked their impatience, taught them to repress their ill-timed ardor; and assured them again of the coming of the Holy Spirit. YE SHALL BE WITNESSES - For this purpose they were ap

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 of the Greek, τὸν μὲν τρῶτον, shows that the writer had in his mind at the time to contrast the _second history_, which he was just beginning, and that naturally τὸν δὲ δεύτερον or τοῦτον δὲ τὸν λόγον, ought both grammatically and logically, to have followed. But the mention of "the apostles whom he had chosen" drew him, as it were, into the stem of his history before he was able to describe it. O THEOPHILUS. The omission of the title "most excellent," given to Theophilus in the Gospel (Luke 1:3

BUT YE SHALL RECEIVE POWER,.... From on high, with which they were to be endured, Luke 24:49 meaning the power of the Holy Ghost, strength from him to preach the Gospel, and work miracles in confirmation of it, and courage and greatness of mind, amidst all reproaches and persecutions, to face and oppose their enemies, profess the name of Christ, abide by his truths and ordinances, make their way through all opposition and difficulties, and spread the Gospel all over the world; for intend of enjoying worldly ease, honour, wealth, and riches, they were looking for, our Lord gives them to understand that they must expect labour, service, afflictions, and trials, which would require power and strength, and which they should have: AFTER THAT THE HOLY GHOST SHALL COME UPON YOU; from above, from heaven, as he did, and sat upon them in the form of cloven tongues, and of fire; upon wh

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 commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen: to whom also he shewed 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:_ The resurrection of Christ, as we have often said, is the best attested of all historical facts. There is not half as much reason to be sure that Napoleon Bonaparte was ever taken to St. Helena as to believe that Jesus Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father. If the resurrection of Christ is not credible, there remains nothing credible in history. I go further than that, and say that the news of yesterday, which you read in this morning's paper, you had no...

ACTS 1:8 @evn# pa,sh| The preposition evn is read before pa,sh by î74vid a B C2 E Y most minuscules _Lect_ vg syrp, h arm, whereas it is absent from A C* D 81 181 206 322 323 328 429* 945 1611 1704 _al_. Because the repetition of the same preposition before successive coordinate phrases is more typical of Semitic style than Greek, it can be argued that the word is probably original and was deleted subsequently by Greek scribes who felt the repetition to be unidiomatic. On the other hand, it is also possible that copyists, noticing that Jerusalem is a city whereas Judea and Samaria are countries, inserted the second evn...

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 Introduction (Acts 1:1)._ 2. The final words of the risen Lord (Acts 1:4). 3. The ascension (Acts 1:9). 4. The waiting company (Acts 1:12). 5. Matthias chosen in the place of Judas (Acts 1:15). The introductory words prove that Luke is the writer. In the former treatise, Luke had addressed to Theophilus (the Gospel of Luke)