Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Acts 1:7
The times or the seasons — Times, in the language of the Scriptures, denote a longer; seasons, a shorter space. Which the Father hath put in his own power — To be revealed when and to whom it pleaseth him.
The times or the seasons — Times, in the language of the Scriptures, denote a longer; seasons, a shorter space. Which the Father hath put in his own power — To be revealed when and to whom it pleaseth him.
ACTS 1:7 Ouvc u`mw/n evstin gnw/nai Lake and Cadbury render the verse, “And he [Jesus] said to them, ‘No one can know times or seasons which the Father fixed by his own authority,’” and comment on _N...
Verse Acts 1:7. _THE TIMES OR THE SEASONS_] χρονουςηκαιρους. Times here may signify any large portion of a _period, aera_, or _century_-such as an _Olympiad, lustrum_ or _year_; and _seasons_, the pa...
IT IS NOT FOR YOU TO KNOW - The question of the apostles respected the time of the restoration; it was not whether he would do it. Accordingly, his answer meets precisely their inquiry; and he tells t...
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 =...
So when they had met together they asked him, "Lord, are you going to restore the kingdom of Israel at this time?" But he said to them, "It is not yours to know the times and the seasons which the Fat...
POWER TO GO ON (Acts 1:1-5)...
UNTO. Greek. _pros_. App-104. FOR YOU. yours. KNOW. Greek. _ginosko._ App-132. THE TIMES, &C.. the great time, &c.. Hebraism, plural of majesty. Figure of speech _Heterosis._ App-6. IN. Greek. _en...
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...
_It is not for you_, &c. During the tutelage, as it may be called, of His disciples, our Lord constantly avoided giving a direct answer to enquiries which they addressed to Him. He checked in this way...
ΟΥ̓Χ ὙΜΩ͂Ν ἘΣΤΊΝ, _it does not belong to you_, it is not your business. This sense of the genitive, implying _property_ or _propriety_, is not uncommon in classical Greek. During the tutelage, as it m...
Acts 1:1-14. LINK CONNECTING THIS BOOK WITH ST LUKE’S GOSPEL. DETAILED ACCOUNT OF THE ASCENSION...
_JESUS PROMISED THE HOLY GHOST ACTS 1:4-8:_ The apostles were to wait in Jerusalem for the fulfillment of the promise of the father. The promise of the Father was that He would send the Holy Ghost upo...
ΕΊΠΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004) говорить. ΎΜΏΝ _gen. pl. от_ ΣΎ (G4771)·, _gen._ обладания в praed.: "это не ваша забота" (BD, 89; RG, 497). ΓΝΏΝΑΙ _aor. act. inf. от_ ΓΙΝΏΣΚΩ (G1097) знать. Э...
LORD, WILT THOU AT THIS TIME, &C.— The disciples seem to have expected, that, when the Spirit was in so extraordinary a manner poured out, and the _world,_ according to Christ's prediction (John 16:8....
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 t...
See notes on verse 6...
And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power. AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, IT IS NOT FOR YOU (Q.D., 'IT IS NO BUSINESS OF YOURS')...
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...
1:7 authority; (c-23) _ Exousia_ ; a right one possesses. 'power' is _ dunamis_ , see Note, Matthew 10:1 ....
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...
THE ASCENSION. Belief in the Ascension of Jesus follows necessarily from belief in His resurrection. If Jesus rose from the dead not with a natural, but with a spiritual body (and this is undoubtedly...
IT IS NOT FOR YOU] The Apostles were to be not so much prophets of the future, as witnesses of the past. HATH PUT IN HIS OWN POWER] see on Mark 13:32; There is another possible translation of these wo...
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...
IT IS NOT FOR YOU TO KNOW THE TIMES OR THE SEASONS. — The combination of the two words is characteristic of St. Luke and St. Paul (1 Thessalonians 5:1). The answer to the eager question touches the se...
χρόνους ἢ καιρούς : Blass regards the two as synonymous, and no doubt it is difficult always to maintain a distinction. But here χρόνους may well be taken to mean space of time as such, the duration o...
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...
Questions Concerning the Kingdom Concepts developed in childhood are sometimes difficult to change. Such was certainly the case with the apostles' thinking about the kingdom Jesus would establish. The...
And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the (f) seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power. (f) That is, the proper occasions that provide opportunities for doing matte...
_Wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom of Israel? Some of them, as St. John Chrysostom observes, had still their thoughts upon a temporal kingdom of the Messias. Christ, to divert them from...
TIMES AND SEASONS 7. Probably a better translation of these Greek words would be “periods and epochs.” You plant out a peach orchard. Then follows a period running over a number of years during which...
When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? (7) And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or 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...
7._It is not for you to know, etc. _This is a general reprehension of the whole question. For it was too curious for them to desire to know that whereof their Master would have them ignorant; but this...
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 HE SAID UNTO THEM,.... To his disciples, IT IS NOT FOR YOU TO KNOW THE TIMES OR THE SEASONS; meaning, not the times that are past from Adam to Christ; as how long the world stood; when the flood...
And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power. Ver. 7. _It is not for you_] This key God carries under his own girdle....
_When they, therefore, were come together_ That is, after he had led them out of the town to the mount of Olives, and was come to that part of the mountain which was above Bethany, (see Luke 24:50,) b...
THE TIMES OR THE SEASONS; for the establishment of earthly kingdoms. The words contain a general rebuke of that curiosity which engages men in vain questions about the times and seasons of God's provi...
The final promise of the Holy Spirit:...
AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, IT IS NOT FOR YOU TO KNOW THE TIMES OR THE SEASONS WHICH THE FATHER HATH PUT IN HIS OWN POWER....
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 HE SAID TO THEM, " IT IS NOT FOR YOU TO KNOW TIMES OR SEASONS WHICH THE FATHER HAS PUT IN HIS OWN AUTHORITY. 1. Not for you to know - It is none of your business. God has the authority, power and...
And he said unto them, It is not for you to know times or seasons, which the Father hath set within His own authority. 'IT IS NOT FOR YOU TO KNOW TIMES OR SEASONS'-To their question of "at this time...
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...
Our Saviour blames their curiosity about such things as are not necessary to be known; and yet though our Saviour does not in his answer tell them what they desired to know, he tells them what is more...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III It was necessary, therefore, that the Lord, coming to the lost sheep, and making recapitulation of so comprehensive a dispensation, and seeking after His own handiw...
Acts 1:7 And G1161 said G2036 (G5627) to G4314 them G846 is G2076 (G5748) not G3756 you G5216
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...
‘And he said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons, which the Father has set within His own authority.” ' Jesus' reply is basically that they must leave the more distant future, and que...
Acts 1:7. AND HE SAID UNTO THEM. The Lord's reply in the 7th and 8th verses tacitly sanctions their expectation of a great restoration, but gravely rebukes the self-seeking impatience of His Jewish fo...
TIMES OR SEASONS (χρονους η καιρους). "Periods" and "points" of time sometimes and probably so here, but such a distinction is not always maintained. See Acts 17:26 for καιρους in the same sense 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, 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...
AND IT IS NOT FOR YOU TO KNOW. That is, "it's none of your business!" The "times and occasions" are not revealed (see Revelation 10:3-4)....
_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...
_And being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem._ LAST WORDS Before ascending Christ had-- I. A misconception to remove--respecting the date and c...
_Wilt Thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?_ BEFORE THE ASCENSION I. The question of the apostles. 1. The great awe produced by the first appearances of the risen Christ has worn o...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 1:7 THE FATHER HAS FIXED BY HIS OWN AUTHORITY. God the Father determines history’s events. ⇐...
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 1:6. 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, which...
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 Thessalonians 5:1; 1 Thessalonians 5:2; 1 Timothy 6:15; 2 Timothy 3:1;...
The times - the seasons [χ ρ ο ν ο υ ς - κ α ι ρ ο υ ς]. Rev. properly omits the article. The former of these words, time absolutely, without regard to circumstances; the latter, definite periods, wit...
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....