Justin Edwards' Family Bible NT (1851)
Acts 1:22
From the baptism of John; the time when Christ entered on the duties of his public ministry.
From the baptism of John; the time when Christ entered on the duties of his public ministry.
Verse Acts 1:22. _BEGINNING FROM THE BAPTISM OF JOHN_] From the time that Christ was baptized by John in Jordan; for it was at that time that his public ministry properly began. _MUST ONE BE ORDAINE...
BEGINNING FROM THE BAPTISM OF JOHN - The words “beginning from” in the original refer to the Lord Jesus. The meaning may be thus expressed, “during all the time in which the Lord Jesus, beginning (his...
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...
ELECTION OF A TWELFTH APOSTLE.In those days (_cf._ Mark 1:9; a vague expression) Peter comes forward as leader. 1 Corinthians 15:6 * speaks of 500 brethren at once. The first to whom the risen Lord ap...
POWER TO GO ON (Acts 1:1-5)...
"So then, of the men who were with us during all the time our Lord went in and out amongst us, beginning from the baptism of John until the day on which he was taken up from us--of these we must choos...
BAPTISM. Greek. _baptisma._ App-115. Put for ministry by Figure of speech _Synecdoche._ App-6. ONE. one of these. BE ORDAINED TO BE. become. RESURRECTION. Greek. _anastasis._ App-178. The resurrecti...
_to be a witness with us of his resurrection_ The Resurrection was the central truth, but to bear testimony that it was truly Jesus who had risen, the witness must have known Him well before His cruci...
ELECTION OF AN APOSTLE TO FILL THE PLACE OF JUDAS ISCARIOT...
ἈΡΞΆΜΕΝΟΣ. For it could not be long after His baptism that Jesus began to gather followers around Him, and some of these had been beforetime disciples of John, had perhaps been witnesses of the baptis...
_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...
ΆΡΞΆΜΕΝΟΣ _aor. med. (dep.) part. (adj.)_, _см._ Acts 1:1; имя относится к Иисусу (RWP; Barrett), ΆΝΕΛΉΜΦΘΗ _aor. ind. pass._, _см._ Acts 1:2. ΓΕΝΈΣΘΑΙ _aor. med. (dep.) inf., см._ Acts 1:16. _Inf._...
MUST ONE BE ORDAINED, &C.— They must reasonably and modestly conclude, that it was fit the number of apostles whom Christ first chose, should be kept up, perhaps in allusion to the twelve tribes of Is...
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...
See notes on verse 21...
Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection. BEGINNING FROM THE BAPTISM OF JOHN - by whom...
20 It seems that Judas did not pay for the freehold, but returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests. They had a consultation, and used the money to complete the purchase. The freehold w...
1:22 up (e-15) See Note, ver. 2....
THE ELECTION OF MATTHIAS. As the Church was about to be established on a durable and permanent basis, it was necessary that the twelve foundations on which it was to rest (Ephesians 2:20; Revelation 2...
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...
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...
ἀρξάμενος, _cf._ note on Acts 1:1. The word need not be restricted to our Lord's own baptism, but would include the time of the baptism preached by John, as his baptism and preaching were the announce...
FILLING A VACANT PLACE Acts 1:15-26 It may be that the Apostles were acting upon Christ's directions, when they proceeded to the election of a successor to Judas. There was awe in Peter's voice, as h...
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...
Quoting from Psalms 69:25; Psalms 109:8, Peter reported that the Holy Spirit, through David, had said the habitation of Judas, perhaps as Ash suggests referring to the Field of Blood, would become des...
Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up (u) from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection. (u) From our company....
SUICIDE, SUCCESSION AND DOOM OF JUDAS 15-26. Now Peter, in his recognized seniority, proceeds to have the vacuum created by the fall of Judas Iscariot supplied. The prophecies here quoted predicting t...
And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said, (the number of names together were about a hundred and twenty), (16) Men and brethren, this Scripture must needs have been ful...
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...
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...
BEGINNING FROM THE BAPTISM OF JOHN,.... Not from the time trial John first administered the ordinance of baptism; for Christ was not so soon made known, or had followers; but from the time of the admi...
Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection. Ver. 22. _Must one be ordained_] To answer the a...
_Wherefore of these men which have companied with us_ Who have associated and conversed intimately with us, and attended _all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out_, &c. That is, exercised his...
BEGINNING FROM THE BAPTISM OF JOHN, UNTO THAT SAME DAY THAT HE WAS TAKEN UP FROM US, MUST ONE BE ORDAINED TO BE A WITNESS WITH US OF HIS RESURRECTION....
The choosing of Matthias:...
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...
BEGINNING FROM THE BAPTISM OF JOHN TO THAT DAY WHEN HE WAS TAKEN UP FROM US, ONE OF THESE MUST BECOME A WITNESS WITH US OF HIS RESURRECTION. " 1. Faithful from the beginning - He must not be a late c...
beginning from the baptism of John, unto the day that he was received up from us, of these must one become. witness with us of his resurrection. 'OF THESE'-'Peter probably refers to the 70 disciples,...
15-26 The great thing the apostles were to attest to the world, was, Christ's resurrection; for that was the great proof of his being the Messiah, and the foundation of our hope in him. The apostles...
BEGINNING FROM THE BAPTISM OF JOHN; when Christ was baptized by him, and by that consecration began the ministry, and publishing of the gospel (which the history of his immaculate conception did prefa...
Acts 1:22 beginning G756 (G5671) from G575 baptism G908 John G2491 to G2193 day G2250 when G3739 up...
‘Of the men therefore who have kept company with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and went out among us, beginning from the baptism of John, to the day that he was received up from us, of t...
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...
Acts 1:21-22. The necessary conditions of apostleship were the having been an eye and ear witness of all that had taken place from the day the baptism of John until the day of the ascension. The offic...
BEGINNING (αρξαμενος). Aorist middle participle of αρχω, agreeing (nominative) with ο κυριος Ιησους (the Lord Jesus). The ministry of Jesus began with the ministry of John. Strictly speaking αρξαμεν...
Acts 1:21 The Christian Ministry I. Consider what may be gathered, in regard to the office and qualifications of an Apostle, from that portion of Scripture brought before you by the services of the d...
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...
SOMEONE MUST JOIN US. A twelfth apostle must be chosen. He must be one who had been a disciple of John, left him to follow Jesus, had stayed with Jesus all during his teaching ministry, and had seen J...
_Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us._ THE FAMILIAR SIDE OF CHRIST’S LIFE There are many ways of regarding the life of Christ...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 1:15. THOSE DAYS lay between the Ascension and Pentecost. For DISCIPLES, μαθητῶν, the R.V. reads _brethren_, ἀδελφῶν, as in Matthew 25:40; Acts 9:30;...
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 13:24; Acts 13:25; Acts 1:2; Acts 1:8; Acts 1:9;...
Witness [μ α ρ τ υ ρ α]. One who shall bear testimony : not a spectator, a mistake often made on Hebrews 12:1. Compare Acts 2:32....
To be a witness with us of his resurrection — And of the circumstances which preceded and followed it....