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ACTS 1:13
The omission in Codex Bezae of kai, both before the first occurrence
of VIa,kwboj and before Si,mwn is to be accounted for (as Ropes points
out) by the arrangement of the apostles’ names in...
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Verse Acts 1:13. _THEY WENT UP INTO AN UPPER ROOM_] This was either a
room in the _temple_, or in the house of one of the disciples, where
this holy company was accustomed to meet. In Luke 24:53, it...
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WERE COME IN - To Jerusalem.
THEY WENT UP INTO AN UPPER ROOM - The word ὑπερῷον
huperoōn, here translated “upper room,” occurs only four times
in the New Testament: Acts 9:37, “She (Dorcas) was si...
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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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THE COMMUNITY AT JERUSALEM. The scene of the Ascension was not
mentioned before; we hear of it now. Luke 24:50 puts it at Bethany
which is (John 11:18) fifteen stades (about 1¾ miles) from Jerusalem;...
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POWER TO GO ON (Acts 1:1-5)...
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Then they made their way back to Jerusalem from the hill which is
called the Mount of Olives, which is near Jerusalem, about half a mile
away. When they came in. they went up to the upper room where t...
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WERE COME. entered.
AN. the.
UPPER ROOM. Greek. _huperoon_: here; Acts 9:37; Acts 9:39; Acts 20:8.
Not the same word as in Mark 14:15.
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_And when they were come in_ i.e. into the city, from the open country
where the Ascension had taken place.
_they went up into an_[THE] _upper room_ Probably the upper room which
has been mentioned be...
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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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Acts 1:1-14. LINK CONNECTING THIS BOOK WITH ST LUKE’S GOSPEL.
DETAILED ACCOUNT OF THE ASCENSION...
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ΕἸΣΗ͂ΛΘΟΝ, _they were come in_, i.e. entered into Jerusalem,
coming from the open country where the Ascension had taken place.
ΕἸΣ ΤῸ ὙΠΕΡΩ͂ΙΟΝ, _into the upper room_. The
occurrence of the article is...
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_JESUS HAD SAID, "WAIT IN JERUSALEM” ACTS 1:13-26:_ Jesus had
commanded the apostles to wait in Jerusalem. While they waited the
disciples prayed, praised God and appointed an apostle. Matthias was
se...
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THEY WENT UP INTO AN UPPER ROOM,— This might be rendered _into the
upper room._ There was in Jerusalem an upper room in which the
apostles had been used to assemble with their Lord, where they had
eat...
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IN THE UPPER ROOM ACTS 1:12-26
Acts 1:12
Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which
is nigh unto Jerusalem, a sabbath day's journey off.
Acts 1:13
And when they were come...
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13. "_And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room,
where were abiding Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip and
Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alpheus, and Simo...
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And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where
abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas,
Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simo...
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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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1:13 chamber, (f-15) As ch. 9.37,39; 20.8....
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AN UPPER ROOM] RV 'the upper chamber,' probably that in which the Last
Supper had been eaten; not, as some have argued from Luke 24:53, a
chamber in the Temple. It may have been in the house of Mary t...
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waiting Church.
12. Olivet] lit. 'the olive-orchard'; called usually The Mount of
Olives. This, the scene of Christ's agony and betrayal, is now made
the scene of His triumph. A SABBATH DAY'S JOURNEY]...
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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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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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THEY WENT UP INTO AN UPPER ROOM, WHERE ABODE... — Better, _into the
upper room, where they were abiding._ The Greek noun has the article.
The room may have been the same as that in which the Paschal S...
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τὸ ὑπερῷον : “the upper chamber,” R.V., as of some
well-known place, but there is no positive evidence to identify it
with the room of the Last Supper, although here and in Mark 14:15, as
also in Luke...
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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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Praying in Jerusalem
In full accord with the Lord's instructions, those who had seen Jesus
ascend went into the city of Jerusalem and assembled in an upper room.
In his previous writing to Theophilus,...
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(5) And when they were (i) come in, they went up into an upper room,
where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and
Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James [the son] of Alphaeus,...
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Into an upper room, to be more retired in prayer. There they were
persevering with one mind in prayer. These few words denote to us
three dispositions to receive the Holy Ghost. 1. Prayer. 2.
Persever...
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THE UPPER CHAMBER
12, 13. The walled city of Jerusalem is a quadrangle about twice as
long from east to west as wide from north to south. The population is
now estimated at fifty thousand, the city wi...
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Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which
is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey. (13) And when they were
come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Pete...
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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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13._Where they abode _Some translate it, _where they did abide; _as
though they did use to dwell there. But I am of that opinion, that
they did then first of all use that hired room to dwell together...
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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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Ver. 13 AND WHEN THEY WERE COME IN,.... "Into it", as the Arabic
version reads; that is, into the city of Jerusalem, and into some
house in that city; but what house it was is needless to inquire,
sin...
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And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where
abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas,
Bartholomew, and Matthew, James _the son_ of Alphaeus, and Sim...
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_When they were come, they went up into an upper room_ Where they
usually held their meetings. The upper rooms, so frequently mentioned
in Scripture, were chambers in the highest part of the houses, s...
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THE ELECTION OF MATTHIAS.
The return to Jerusalem:...
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AND WHEN THEY WERE COME IN, THEY WENT UP INTO AN UPPER ROOM, WHERE
ABODE BOTH PETER, AND JAMES, AND JOHN, AND ANDREW, PHILIP, AND THOMAS,
BARTHOLOMEW, AND MATTHEW, JAMES, THE SON OF ALPHAEUS, AND SIMO...
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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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AND WHEN THEY HAD ENTERED, THEY WENT UP INTO THE UPPER ROOM WHERE THEY
WERE STAYING: PETER, JAMES, JOHN, AND ANDREW; PHILIP AND THOMAS;
BARTHOLOMEW AND MATTHEW; JAMES _THE SON_ OF ALPHAEUS AND SIMON T...
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And when they were come in, they went up into the upper chamber, where
they were abiding; both Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip
and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeu...
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12-14 God can find hiding-places for his people. They made
supplication. All God's people are praying people. It was now a time
of trouble and danger with the disciples of Christ; but if any is
affli...
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AND WHEN THEY WERE COME IN, to the city, and to the house, THEY WENT
UP INTO AN UPPER ROOM; the same probably where they had kept the
passover, and partook of the Lord's supper; howsoever, for its
lar...
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13. "_ And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room,
where were abiding Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip and
Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alpheus, and Sim...
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Acts 1:13 And G2532 when G3753 entered G1525 (G5627) up G305 (G5627)
into G1519 room G5253 where...
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‘And when they were come in, they went up into the upper chamber,
where they were abiding; both Peter and John and James and Andrew,
Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphae...
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PREPARATION FOR PENTECOST (1:12-26).
In obedience to His command they returned to Jerusalem from the Mount
of Olives where all this had happened, and entered the upper chamber
where they were staying...
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Acts 1:13. INTO AN UPPER ROOM. Some have supposed this was an
apartment in the temple, arguing from the words of the last verse of
St. Luke's Gospel, ‘And were continually in the temple praising and
b...
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INTO THE UPPER CHAMBER
(εις το υπερωιον). The upstairs or upper room (υπερ
is upper or over, the adjective υπερωιος), the room upstairs
where the women staid in Homer, then a room up under the flat...
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ZELOTES
The Zealot....
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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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And went up to THE ROOM. A room on the second floor. They both lived
there, and used it for a meeting place. All the apostles are named
except Judas Iscariot (see notes _on_ Matthew 10:1-4)....
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_Then returned they unto Jerusalem._
THE RETURN TO JERUSALEM
The distance was a “Sabbath-day’s journey”; not that Moses had
limited a journey on the Sabbath; but the Rabbins derived the rule
from th...
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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 1:12. A SABBATH DAY’S JOURNEY—according to Josephus six
(_Ant._, XX. viii. 6) or five (_Wars_, V. ii. 3) furlongs—marked the
distance of the Mount of Olives from Jerusalem, not...
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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 Corinthians 15:7; 1 John 1:1; 2 John 1:1; 3 John 1:1; Acts 10:9;...
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An upper room [τ ο υ π ε ρ ω ο ν]. With the article, denoting
some well - known place of resort. It was the name given to the room
directly under the flat roof. Such rooms were often set apart as hall...
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They went up into the upper room — The upper rooms, so frequently
mentioned in Scripture, were chambers in the highest part of the
house, set apart by the Jews for private prayer. These, on account of...