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Acts 1:3
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;
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;
Verse Acts 1:3. _TO WHOM - HE SHOWED HIMSELF ALIVE - BY MANY INFALLIBLE_ _proofs_] πολλοιςτεκμηριοις; by many proofs of such a nature, and connected with such circumstances, as to render them _indubit...
HE SHOWED HIMSELF - The resurrection of Jesus was the great fact on which the truth of the gospel was to be established. Hence, the sacred writers so often refer to it, and establish it by so many arg...
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...
INTRODUCTION. The writer refers to his former treatise, intimating rather than stating that he is beginning a second. The Ascension is his present starting-point, but instead of simply referring to th...
POWER TO GO ON (Acts 1:1-5)...
My Dear Theophilus, I have already given you an account of all the things that Jesus began to do and to teach, right up to the day when he was taken up to heaven, after he had, through the Holy Spirit...
ALSO. Read after "Himself". SHEWED. presented. AFTER HIS PASSION. after (Greek. _meta._ App-104.) that He suffered. INFALLIBLE PROOFS. indubitable evidence. Greek. _tek-merion._ Only here. Compare...
_after his passion_ Literally, AFTER HE HAD SUFFERED. _by many infallible proofs_ The adjective here has no representative in the original. The Greek word signifies some sign or token manifest to the...
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...
ΤΕΣΣΕΡΆΚΟΝΤΑ is the spelling of אAB and other authorities. 3. ΜΕΤᾺ ΤῸ ΠΑΘΕΙ͂Ν ΑΥ̓ΤΌΝ, _after He had suffered_. The death is included with the other forms of the passion. ἘΝ ΠΟΛΛΟΙ͂Σ ΤΕΚΜΗΡΊΟΙΣ. This...
_JESUS WAS PRESENTED ALIVE ACTS 1:1-3:_ The book of Acts is a letter addressed to one man, Theophilus. It is, however, a message for everyone. It is a continuation of where Luke had left off at the co...
ΠΑΡΈΣΤΗΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΠΑΡΊΣΤΗΜΙ (G3918) представлять, ΖΏΝΤΑ _praes. act. part. от_ ΖΆΩ (G2198) жить, быть живым. _Adj. part._ как часть оборота с двойным _асс._ "Он явил Себя живым" ΠΑΘΕΪ́...
SHEWED HIMSELF ALIVE BY MANY INFALLIBLE PROOFS,— By _infallible proofs_ are meant such proofs as amount to a demonstration, and cannot admit of the least doubt. Thus the actions of speaking, walking,...
INTRODUCTION ACTS 1:1-5. Acts 1:1 The former treatise I made, O Theophilus, concerning all that Jesus began both to do and to teach, Acts 1:2 until the day in which he was received up, after that h...
3. As our author is about to present the apostles testifying to the resurrection of Jesus, he sees proper, in his introduction, to state briefly the ground of the qualifications for this testimony. He...
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: TO WHOM ALSO HE SHOWED...
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...
MANY INFALLIBLE PROOFS] RV omits 'infallible,' but the Gk. implies that they were reliable and convincing. The 'many' is important, for St. Luke records only four appearances, all in Judaea: see art....
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...
AFTER HIS PASSION. — Literally, _after He had suffered._ The English somewhat anticipates the later special sense of “passion.” BY MANY INFALLIBLE PROOFS. — There is no adjective in the Greek answerin...
οἷς καὶ παρέστησεν, “he also showed himself,” R.V., but margin “presented himself” (_cf._ Acts 9:41), _praebuit se_, Vulg. In Acts 9:41 _monstravit_, h. 1. magis _demonstravit_ (Blass). The verb is us...
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 _conti...
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...
Setting the Stage Luke tells his reader that his first book set forth those things Jesus did and taught. It seems significant that he would mention actions first, then words. Unlike those of us who ha...
(2) To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many (b) infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God: (2) Christ did no...
Appearing, &c. Why did he not appear to all, but only to his disciples? Because to many of them, who did not know the mystery, he would have seemed a phantom. For if the disciples themselves were diff...
THE KINGDOM OF GOD 3. I am so sorry that nothing has been elaborately revealed appertaining to the precious ministry of our Lord with His apostles during the forty days of His glorified sojourn upon t...
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: (4) And, being assembled t...
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...
3._Unto whom, etc _He addeth this, that he might make the resurrection to be believed, as a thing most necessary to be known, and without the which the whole gospel falleth fiat to the ground, neither...
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...
TO WHOM ALSO HE SHOWED HIMSELF ALIVE AFTER HIS PASSION,.... That is, after his sufferings and death; for that he suffered many things, and at last death itself, is certain from the acknowledgment of t...
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: Ver. 3. _Speaking of the...
_The former treatise have I made_, &c. The treatise here referred to is undoubtedly the gospel, which was written by Luke, and dedicated by him to Theophilus. See note on Luke 1:1. That treatise ends,...
HIS PASSION; his suffering, especially on the cross. As the resurrection of Christ was a demonstration of his Messiahship, and of the truth and justice of his claims, God has given to those who have t...
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...
TO WHOM HE ALSO PRESENTED HIMSELF ALIVE AFTER HIS SUFFERING BY MANY INFALLIBLE PROOFS, BEING SEEN BY THEM DURING FORTY DAYS AND SPEAKING OF THE THINGS PERTAINING TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD. 1. Presented h...
To whom he also showed himself alive after his passion by many proofs, appearing unto them by the space of forty days, and speaking the things concerning the kingdom of God: 'TO WHOM'-To the apostles...
1-5 Our Lord told the disciples the work they were to do. The apostles met together at Jerusalem; Christ having ordered them not to depart thence, but to wait for the pouring out of the Holy Spirit. T...
TO WHOM, i.e. the apostles, HE SHOWED HIMSELF ALIVE AFTER HIS PASSION BY MANY INFALLIBLE PROOFS; eating, drinking, speaking, walking with them; nay, showing them his very wounds, and permitting them t...
3. As our author is about to present the apostles testifying to the resurrection of Jesus, he sees proper, in his introduction, to state briefly the ground of the qualifications for this testimony. He...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book I The other eighteen Aeons are made manifest in this way: that the Lord, [according to them,] conversed with His disciples for eighteen months[35] Irenaeus Against Her...
Acts 1:3 whom G3739 also G2532 presented G3936 (G5656) Himself G1438 alive G2198 (G5723) after G3326 His...
INTRODUCTORY WORDS (1:1-3)....
EXCURSUS ON ACTS 1:3. ‘THE FORTY DAYS.' This is the only place where the interval between the resurrection and ascension is specified. It has been suggested (see Ewald, _Apostelgeschicht. Ier Theil....
TO WHOM ALSO (οις κα). He chose them and then also manifested himself to these very same men that they might have personal witness to give.SHEWED HIMSELF ALIVE (παρεστησεν εαυτον ζωντα). To the di...
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, as...
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 commandmen...
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...
HE SHOWED HIMSELF TO THEM. Jesus is LIVING SAVIOR! If his body "still slept on a Judean hill," he would be no different from Socrates, Buddha, Muhammad, or any other sage. HE WAS SEEN BY THEM. See not...
_To whom also He showed Himself alive after His Passion._ HE ROSE AGAIN FROM THE DEAD I. The fact itself, or the notion of a resurrection in general. Admitting the power and providence of God, there...
_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 th...
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—NOTE ON ACTS 1:3 Only Acts 1:1 mentions the specific 40-day period of resurrection appearances. This number recalls many biblical events, such as Israel’s wilderness wanderings and Jesus’ temptat...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 1:3. BEING SEEN OF THEM, or showing Himself to them, not in a subjective vision, but objectively and really, during (διά with gen. as in Acts 5:19; Acts 16:9) FORTY DAYS—_i.e._...
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...
1 Corinthians 15:5; 1 John 1:1; 1 Kings 19:8; 1 Thessalonians 2:12;...
Shewed himself [π α ρ ε σ τ η σ ε ν]. This verb is rendered in a variety of ways in the New Testament, as give or furnish, present, provide, assist, commend. The original meaning is to place beside, a...
ALIVE AFTER HIS PASSION Acts 1:1; _Mark 16:9_ 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 la...
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....
RESULTS OF THE RESURRECTION Acts 1:1 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 tim...
Being seen by them forty days — That is, many times during that space. And speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God — Which was the sum of all his discourses with them before his passio...
Observe, 1. The time which our Lord spent here upon earth, between his resurrection and ascension; it was forty days; Christ would not presently ascend into heaven, as soon as he was risen, but though...