ειπών aor. act. part. (temp.), см. Acts 1:7.
βλεπόντων praes. act. part. (temp.) от βλέπω (G991) видеть, наблюдать. Gen. abs. ("пока"),
έπήρθη aor. ind. pass. от έπαίρω (G1869) поднимать. Богосл. pass.
νεφέλη (G3507) облако. Символ шехины, видимого проявления божественного присутствия и славы (Longenecker, 258).
ύπέλαβεν aor. ind. act. от ύπολαμβάνω (G5274) поднимать, принимать (BAGD).
Verse Acts 1:9. _HE WAS TAKEN UP_] He was speaking face to face with them, and _while they beheld_ he was taken up; he began to ascend to heaven, and they continued to look after him till _a cloud re...
WHILE THEY BEHELD - While they saw him. It was of importance to state that circumstance, and to state it distinctly. It is not affirmed in the New Testament that they “saw him rise” from the dead, bec...
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 =...
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...
POWER TO GO ON (Acts 1:1-5)...
BEHELD. App-133. TAKEN UP. lifted up. Greek. _epairo._ First occurance Matthew 17:8. Always in Gospels, "lift up". A CLOUD. Not. rain cloud of the earth, but referring to the attendant _angelic_ host...
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...
_while they beheld_ That they might have as clear proof of His Ascension as they had received of the reality of His Resurrection, He is taken from them while they are still gazing on Him and with His...
Acts 1:1-14. LINK CONNECTING THIS BOOK WITH ST LUKE’S GOSPEL. DETAILED ACCOUNT OF THE ASCENSION...
ΒΛΕΠΌΝΤΩΝ ΑΥ̓ΤΩ͂Ν. The Ascension took place while the Eleven beheld, for they were to be witnesses of that event to the world as well as of the life, death, and resurrection. That the Eleven alone saw...
_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...
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...
A CLOUD RECEIVED HIM, &C.— That is, some bright appearance like a _cloud,_ accompanied by angels. It was for majesty, and not for necessity, that our Lord used the ministration of angels on this occas...
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...
9. Having completed his brief notice of the last interview between Jesus and the disciples, Luke says, (9) "_And when he had spoken these things, while they were beholding, he was taken up, and a clou...
And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. AND WHEN HE HAD SPOKEN THESE THINGS, WHILE THEY BEHELD, HE WAS TAKEN UP; AND A...
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...
1:9 sight. (e-21) Lit. 'received up from their eyes.'...
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...
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...
A CLOUD RECEIVED HIM] The visible and corporal Ascension does not necessarily imply that heaven is a place situated above the clouds. The object of the Ascension was not to indicate where or what heav...
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...
HE WAS TAKEN UP; AND A CLOUD RECEIVED HIM... — It is remarkable how little stress is laid in the Gospels on the fact which has always been so prominent in the creeds of Christendom. Neither St. John n...
CHAPTER 3 THE ASCENSION OF CHRIST AND ITS LESSONS. Acts 1:9 IN this passage we have the bare literal statement of the fact of Christ's ascension. Let us now consider this supernatural fact, the Asce...
ἐπήρθη : the word in Acts 1:2 is different, and ἐπήρθη seems not merely to denote our Lord's first leaving the ground (as Weiss, Overbeck), but also to be more in accordance with the calm and grandeur...
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...
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...
(4) And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. (4) After Christ had promised the full power of the Holy Spirit, with whom he...
_He was raised up. Raised himself up, and ascended, &c. (Witham)_...
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...
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...
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...
9.The readers may learn out of our Institutions what profit we reap by the ascension of Christ. Notwithstanding, because it is one of the chiefest points of our faith, therefore doth Luke endeavor mor...
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 WHEN HE HAD SPOKEN THESE THINGS,.... That the times and seasons were not to be known by them, but to be kept a secret by the Father: that they should tarry at Jerusalem, and in a few days be bapti...
And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. Ver. 9. _And a cloud_] Look not therefore for revelations from heaven (saith Aret...
_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,...
AND WHEN HE HAD SPOKEN THESE THINGS, WHILE THEY BEHELD, HE WAS TAKEN UP; AND A CLOUD RECEIVED HIM OUT OF THEIR SIGHT....
The ascension of Christ:...
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...
NOW WHEN HE HAD SPOKEN THESE THINGS, WHILE THEY WATCHED, HE WAS TAKEN UP, AND A CLOUD RECEIVED HIM OUT OF THEIR SIGHT. 1. While they watched - They were eyewitnesses. This was not some fable they mad...
And when he had said these things, as they were looking, he was taken up; and. cloud received him out of their sight. 'AS THEY WERE LOOKING'-Reese notes, 'it was important to state that the apostles w...
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...
Ver. 9 MR 16:19 LUKE 24:51. As he did not actually give up his life till all was fulfilled, so he did not leave the world till all was revealed by him that was necessary for us. WHILE THEY BEHELD; tha...
9. Having completed his brief notice of the last interview between Jesus and the disciples, Luke says, (9) " And when he had spoken these things, while they were beholding, he was taken up, and a clou...
Fragments of the Lost Work of Justin on the Resurrection And when He had thus shown them that there is truly a resurrection of the flesh, wishing to show them this also, that it is not impossible for...
Acts 1:9 Now G2532 spoken G2036 (G5631) things G5023 they G846 watched G991 (G5723) up G1869 ...
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 when he had said these things, as they were looking, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.' Once Jesus had given His commission and prepared them for the downpouring of th...
_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...
Acts 1:9. HE WAS TAKEN UP; AND A CLOUD RECEIVED HIM OUT OF THEIR SIGHT. When the last words had been spoken, while in the act of blessing them (Luke 24:51), the disciples of Jesus saw their Master lif...
AS THEY WERE LOOKING (βλεποντων αυτων). Genitive absolute. The present participle accents the fact that they were looking directly at Jesus.HE WAS TAKEN UP (eprth). First aorist passive indicati...
Acts 1:9 Consider the obvious lessons which result at once from Christ's Ascension I. The first is heavenly-mindedness. He went but as the great forerunner of His people, and we must follow Him in Hi...
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...
HE WAS TAKEN UP TO HEAVEN. See Luke 24:51-53 and notes there....
_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...
_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...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 1:9 A CLOUD is often associated with God’s presence (Luke 9:28). AS THEY WERE LOOKING ON, HE WAS LIFTED UP. Jesus’ visible ascension int
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...
Acts 1:2; Daniel 7:13; Ephesians 4:8; Exodus 19:9; Exodus 34:5;...
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....
Here an account is given of our Saviour's triumphant ascension into heaven, with several remarkable particulars thereunto belonging. Observe, 1. Who and what it was that ascended; even the same that...