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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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POWER TO GO ON (Acts 1:1-5)...
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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...
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_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...
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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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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...
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_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...
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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....
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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 6...
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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')...
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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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1:7 authority; (c-23) _ Exousia_ ; a right one possesses. 'power' is _
dunamis_ , see Note, Matthew 10:1 ....
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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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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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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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...
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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....
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_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...
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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...
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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....
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The final promise of the Holy Spirit:...
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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 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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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Acts 1:7 And G1161 said G2036 (G5627) to G4314 them G846 is G2076
(G5748) not G3756 you G5216
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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 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...
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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...
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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...
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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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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)....
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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 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...
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_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...
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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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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 1:7 THE FATHER HAS FIXED BY HIS OWN AUTHORITY. God
the Father determines history’s events.
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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 5:1; 1 Thessalonians 5:2; 1 Timothy 6:15; 2 Timothy
3:1;...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...