The former treatise — In that important season which reached from the resurrection of Christ to his ascension, the former treatise ends, and this begins: this describing the Acts of the Holy Ghost, (by the apostles,) as that does the acts of Jesus Christ. Of all things — In a summary manner: which Jesus began to do — until the day — That is, of all things which Jesus did from the beginning till that day.
ACTS 1:1 o` VIhsou/j Against all other witnesses B and D omit o` before VIhsou/j, a reading adopted by Tregelles, Westcott-Hort, and A. C. Clark. These scholars were probably impressed by the nature...
ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. -Usherian year of the world, 4033. -Alexandrian aera of the world, 5531. -Antiochian year of the world, 5521. -Constantinopolitan year of the world, 5537. -Year of the aera...
THE FORMER TREATISE - The former book. The Gospel of Luke is here evidently intended. Greek: the former λόγος logos, meaning “a discourse,” or “a narrative.” O THEOPHILUS - See the notes on Luke 1:3....
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...
FORMER. Literally first. This links the Acts with Luke's Gospel, see p. 1575. TREATISE. account. Greek. _logos._ App-121. HAVE. Omit. THEOPHILUS. See note on Luke 1:3. OF. concerning. Greek. _peri...
_The former treatise_ In the original we have the superlative adjective used, but the idiom which speaks of the _first_of two is common to Greek with many other languages. An example is found 1 Corint...
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...
Ὁ ἸΗΣΟΥ͂Σ with אAE. The omission in other MSS. is probably due to the occurrence of o as the last letter of ἤρξατο. 1. ΠΡΩ͂ΤΟΝ. The use of πρῶτος for the former of _two_ things was not uncommon in lat...
_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...
ΜΈΝ (G3303) с одной стороны. Обычно сопровождается ΔΈ ("с другой стороны"), но не в этом случае (Marshall; PLG, 143-44). ΠΡΏΤΟΝ (G711) первый, используется в _знач._ ΠΡΌΤΕΡΟΝ ("предыдущий"). Первый...
THE FORMER TREATISE— This _former treatise,_ undoubtedly, means the gospel, which was written by St. Luke, and dedicated by him to _Theophilus._ See the note on Luke 1:3._All_ in this verse, cannot me...
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...
1, 2. A NARRATIVE of Jesus of Nazareth, designed to convince men that he is the Christ, would most naturally begin with his birth and terminate with his ascension to heaven. Such was the "former narra...
The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, INTRODUCTION-LAST DAYS OF OUR LORD UPON EARTH (ACTS 1:1 ) The former treatise - `The first Account,' '...
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 FORMER TREATISE] i.e. St. Luke's Gospel: see Intro. THEOPHILUS] see on Luke 1:3. BEGAN] The Gospel records the work that Jesus began to do. Acts records its accomplishment. The chief agent in this...
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...
THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. — See _Introduction_ as to the title thus given to the Book. (1) THE FORMER TREATISE. — Literally, _word,_ or _discourse;_ but the English of the text is, perhaps, a happier...
CHAPTER 1 THE ORIGIN AND AUTHORITY OF THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES Acts 1:1 THESE words constitute the very brief preface which the writer thought sufficient for the earliest ecclesiastical history ever...
τὸν μὲν πρῶτον λόγον, a reference beyond all reasonable doubt to St. Luke's Gospel. Not merely the dedication of both writings to Theophilus, but their unity of language and style is regarded by criti...
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...
The (1) former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to (a) do and teach, (1) Luke switches over from the history of the Gospel, that is from the history of the sayings and...
St. Luke, who was the author of this history, alludes, in this verse, to his gospel, which he calls his first discourse. In that he informs us, not only of the actions, but also the doctrines of our S...
DEDICATION 1, 2. We see that this book is dedicated to Luke's friend Theophilus, to whom his Gospel is also dedicated. Doubtless this brother Theophilus, who is not elsewhere mentioned, was much belov...
The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, (2) Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unt...
CONTENTS This blessed Record of Divine Truth, opens with the History of Christ's Ascension. Peter's Address to the Apostles. The Election of Matthias to be of the twelve, in the Room of the Traitor J...
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...
That he may pass over unto those things which followed the ascension of Christ, he briefly gathereth the sum of all those which before he had handled in the former book, that he may annex this thereun...
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...
Ver. 1. THE FORMER TREATISE HAVE I MADE,.... Meaning the Gospel written by him the Evangelist Luke, for from that he makes a transition to this, beginning here where he there left off; namely, at the...
The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, Ver. 1. _Of all that Jesus began, &c._] If Hen. Stephanus could say of Laertius, that he wrote the lives o...
_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,...
THE FORMER TREATIES; the gospel of Luke. The book of Acts was written by Luke, and addressed to the same individual to whom he addressed his gospel. Luke 1:3. BEGAN BOTH TO DO AND TEACH; the meaning...
THE ASCENSION OF JESUS. The last commission of Jesus:...
THE FORMER TREATISE HAVE I MADE, O THEOPHILUS, OF ALL THAT JESUS BEGAN BOTH TO DO AND TEACH,...
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...
[The text I use to preach and teach is the New King James Version. This is the translation that is used in in this commentary.] 1 THE FORMER ACCOUNT I MADE, O THEOPHILUS, OF ALL THAT JESUS BEGAN BOTH...
The former treatise. made,. Theophilus, concerning all that Jesus began both to do and to teach, 'FORMER'-The first. 'TREATISE'-narrative. 'The use of "logos" (word) for treatise or historical narrat...
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...
ACTS CHAPTER 1 ACTS 21:1 Christ, after his resurrection, having given instructions to his apostles, and commanded them to wait in Jerusalem the coming of the Holy Ghost, ascendeth into heaven in t...
I: 1, 2. A NARRATIVE of Jesus of Nazareth, designed to convince men that he is the Christ, would most naturally begin with his birth and terminate with his ascension to heaven. Such was the "former na...
Tertullian The Prescription Against Heretics ." Having, on the authority of a prophecy, which occurs in a psalm of David,[204] Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book II [32]...
Acts 1:1 former G3303 G4413 account G3056 made G4160 (G5668) O G5599 Theophilus G2321 of G4012 all...
INTRODUCTORY WORDS (1:1-3)....
‘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 Spir...
_On the opening words of the_ ‘ _Acts._ ' ‘The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach' (Acts 1:1). There is a well-known Latin Fragment on the Canon, f...
_The Title_ is simply _Acts_ (Πραξεις) in Aleph, Origen, Tertullian, Didymus, Hilary, Eusebius, Epiphanius. _The Acts of the Apostles_ (Πραξεις αποστολων) is the reading of B D (Aleph in subscription)...
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...
IN MY FIRST BOOK. That is, in the Gospel of Luke. The name "Theophilus" means _one who loves God._ No record of him exists other than Luke's mention of his name....
_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...
LUKE The former treatise I made, O Theophilus. Acts 1:1. There is a favorite English or Grammar composition exercise (a favorite of your teacher, I mean) which you all know. You are asked to write a...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 1:1 Preparation for Witness. Acts 1:1 opens with the account of the Spirit’s descent at Pentecost. Chapter...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 1:1. THE FORMER TREATISE HAVE I MADE.—Better, _the first_ (πρῶτος for πρότερος, as in John 1:15, unless πρῶτος was intended to point to a τρίτος: Ramsay) _treatise_ (λόγος in a...
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 Peter 2:21; Acts 2:22; John 10:32; John 18:19; Luke 1:24;...
The former [τ ο ν π ρ ω τ ο ν]. Lit., the first. Luke refers to his Gospel. Treatise [λ ο γ ο ν]. Or narrative. Began [η ρ ξ α τ ο]. This is interpreted in two ways. Either, (1), as a simple historica...
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...
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....
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...
Observe here, 1. The penman of this sacred history, St. Luke, the same that wrote the gospel, which he calls his FORMER TREATISE, dedicated, both that and this, to the same Theophilus: THE FORMER TREA...