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ACTS 1:11 @evm#ble,pontej
The external evidence is rather evenly divided between ble,pontej (a*
B Egr 33 81 180 218 440 522 614 630 642 945 1245 1642 1704 1739 1831
1875 1884 1891 2298 2495 _al_) and...
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Verse Acts 1:11. _GAZING UP INTO HEAVEN_] Not to the top of a
mountain, to which an unbridled fancy, influenced by infidelity, would
intimate he had ascended, and not to heaven.
_THIS SAME JESUS_] C...
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YE MEN OF GALILEE - Galilee was the place of their former residence,
and they were commonly known by the name of Galileans.
WHY STAND YE ... - There is doubtless a slight degree of censure
implied in...
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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...
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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 =...
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When he had said these things, while they were watching, he was taken
up and a cloud received him and he passed from their sight. While they
were gazing into heaven, as he went upon his way, behold, t...
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POWER TO GO ON (Acts 1:1-5)...
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ALSO SAID. said also.
YE MEN OF GALILEE. Literally Men, Galileans. The term "men" was usual
in addressing. company. Compare our use of the word, "Gentlemen". This
usage is common in Acts: Acts 1:16; A...
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_Ye men of Galilee_ The Galilæan dialect was a marked peculiarity of
the apostolic band. It seems also to have been our Lord's manner of
speech. For when Peter is accused (Matthew 26:73) of being one...
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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...
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ΓΑΛΙΛΑΙ͂ΟΙ. We know that most of the Twelve were called in
Galilee, and it is very probable that they were all from the same
district, as they would be called at the earliest portion of
Christ’s minis...
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Acts 1:1-14. LINK CONNECTING THIS BOOK WITH ST LUKE’S GOSPEL.
DETAILED ACCOUNT OF THE ASCENSION...
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_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...
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ΈΣΤΉΚΑΤΕ _perf. ind. act. от_ ΪΣΤΗΜΙ (G2476), perf.
стоять,
ΆΝΑΛΗΜΦΘΕΊΣ _aor. pass. part. (adj.)_, _см._ Acts 1:2.
ΈΛΕΎΣΕΤΑΙ _fut. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G2064)
идти, приходить. Он придет так...
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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 towa...
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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...
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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...
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See notes on verse 10...
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Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into
heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall
so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
WH...
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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...
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1:11 up (a-20) The word means 'receiving,' but with the prefix ( _
ana_ ) 'up,' as here, it has the active sense of 'taking up.' It is so
translated except in 1 Timothy 3:16 . The more passive recepti...
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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...
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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...
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WHY STAND] It is fruitless to gaze. Go rather and labour, that when He
comes again in judgment He may approve your work. IN LIKE MANNER] i.e.
in glory, and in His human nature: cp. 'this Jesus' above....
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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...
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SHALL SO COME IN LIKE MANNER AS YE HAVE SEEN HIM GO INTO HEAVEN. —
So our Lord, following the great prophecy of Daniel 7:13, had spoken
of Himself as “coming in the clouds of heaven” (see Note on
Matt...
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ἄνδρες Γαλ.: the ἄνδρες in similar expressions is
often indicative of respect as in classical Greek, but as addressed by
angels to men it may denote the earnestness of the address (Nösgen).
St. Chryso...
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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...
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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...
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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 predicti...
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Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into
heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up (g) from you into heaven,
shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
...
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So shall he come, as you have seen him going. This word going, says
St. John Chrysostom, sufficiently intimates, that he ascended by his
own power: for so will he come by his own power to judge the wo...
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_“And they said, Galilean men, why stand ye gazing up into Heaven?
The same Jesus who was taken up from you into Heaven will so come in
the manner in which you saw Him going into Heaven.”_ Such was th...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN_
‘Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven?’
Acts 1:11
The words contain a reproach. Christ had left His disciples not a
barren legacy of sorrow and idleness, but...
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11._Ye men of Galilee, etc. _I am not of their opinion who think that
this name was given the apostles after an opprobrious sort, as if the
angels meant to reprehend the slowness and dullness of the a...
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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...
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WHICH ALSO SAID, YE MEN OF GALILEE,.... And which was said by them,
not to reproach them with their country, but partly to let them know
that they knew them, who they were, and from whence they came;...
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Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into
heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall
so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
Ver....
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_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,...
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SO COME; come to judgment. Matthew 26:64; REVELATION 1:7. The
certainty that Jesus Christ will come to judgment should lead every
man to continue in the faithful discharge of his appropriate duties,
t...
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The ascension of Christ:...
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WHICH ALSO SAID, YE MEN OF GALILEE, WHY STAND YE GAZING UP INTO
HEAVEN? THIS SAME JESUS WHICH IS TAKEN UP FROM YOU INTO HEAVEN SHALL
SO COME IN LIKE MANNER AS YE HAVE SEEN HIM GO INTO HEAVEN.
Jesus ha...
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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...
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who also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye looking into heaven?
this Jesus, who was received up from you into heaven shall so come in
like manner as ye beheld him going into heaven.
'WHY STAND YE...
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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...
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WHICH ALSO SAID; the two angels (in the form of men) before mentioned.
YE MEN OF GALILEE; that is, the apostles, who were of that country.
WHY STAND YE GAZING UP INTO HEAVEN? They are roused out of th...
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Epistle of Ignatius to the Smyrnaeans
For, say the [holy] oracles, "This same Jesus, who is taken up from
you into heaven, shall so come, in like manner as ye have seen Him go
unto heaven."[25]
Tert...
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Acts 1:11 who G3739 also G2532 said G2036 (G5627) Men G435 Galilee
G1057 why G5101 stand G2476 ...
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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...
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‘And while they were looking steadfastly into heaven as he went,
behold, two men stood by them in white clothing, who also said, “You
men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus,...
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Acts 1:11. WHY STAND YE GAZING UP INTO HEAVEN? The angels, while
comforting them with the solemn assurance He _would_ return to earth
again, still gently reprove these loving followers of Jesus, who
r...
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_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...
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WHO ALSO
(ο κα). Common use of κα pleonastic to show that the two events
were parallel. This is the simplest way from Homer on to narrate two
parallel events.WHY?
(τ). Jesus had told them of his...
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COME
The two Advents -- Summary:
(1) The Old Testament foreview of the coming Messiah is in two
aspects -- that of rejection and suffering (as, for example, in Isaiah
53), and that of earthly glory...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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THIS JESUS. WILL COME BACK IN THE SAME WAY. A cloud hid him from their
sight as he was taken up. He will come back with clouds (Revelation
1:7_:_ Daniel 7:13; Matthew 24:30). [The nucleus of disciples...
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_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...
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_And when He had spoken these words, while they beheld, He was taken
up._
TAKEN UP
How we talk about “up,” took “up” I What eager, earnest; faces
are looking up through the clouds of sorrow. The atm...
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_And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up._
TOO MUCH MERE SENTIMENT IN RELIGION
It may be that the same two angels who rolled away the stone, and
appeared at His open sepulchre,...
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TRYING TO SEE INTO HEAVEN
Why stand ye gazing up into heaven? Acts 1:11 (AV).
Have you ever watched a steamer that held a very dear friend leave the
pier and steam out into the ocean? If you have,...
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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 1:11 WILL COME IN THE SAME WAY AS YOU SAW HIM GO.
Jesus’ return, like his ascension, will be bodily and visible. See
note on v. 9....
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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 1:1 Preparation for Witness. Acts 1:1 opens with
the account of the Spirit’s descent at Pentecost. Chapter...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Thessalonians 1:10; 1 Thessalonians 4:16; 2 Thessalonians 1:7; Acts
13:31;...
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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...