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Verse Acts 1:8. _BUT YE SHALL RECEIVE POWER_] ληψεσθε
δυναμιν. Translating different terms of the original by the
_same_ English word is a source of misapprehension and error. We must
not understand...
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BUT YE SHALL RECEIVE POWER ... - Literally, as it is translated in the
margin, “Ye shall receive the power of the Holy Spirit coming upon
you.” This was said to them to console them. Though they could...
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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 = Matthew 28:16. He...
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POWER TO GO ON (Acts 1:1-5)...
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POWER. Greek _dunamis._ App-172.
THE HOLY GHOST. the Holy Spirit (with art.) App-101. Compare Luke
24:49.
UPON. App-104.
WITNESSES. See note on John 1:7.
UNTO ME. Texts read, "of Me", or "My" witn...
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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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_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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ΛΉΜΨΕΣΘΕ _fut. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΛΑΜΒΆΝΩ (G2983)
принимать,
ΈΠΕΛΘΌΝΤΟΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΕΠΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ
(G1904) нисходить. _Gen. abs._ ΈΣΕΣΘΕ _fut. ind. med.
(dep.) от_ ΕΙΜΊ miem быть,
ΜΟΥ...
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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...
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See notes on verse 6...
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But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon
you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all
Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the eart...
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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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1:8 power, (c-5) _ Exousia_ ; a right one possesses. 'power' is _
dunamis_ , see Note, Matthew 10:1 . earth. (d-34) Or 'land.' see ch.
13.47 and Note, Matthew 5:5 ....
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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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BUT YE SHALL RECEIVE POWER. — The use of the same English noun for
two different Greek words is misleading, but if “authority” be
used in Acts 1:7 then “power” is an adequate rendering here. The
consc...
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ἔσεσθέ μου μάρτυρες, “my witnesses,” R.V.,
reading μου instead of μοι, not only witnesses to the facts of
their Lord's life, _cf._ Acts 1:22; Acts 10:39, but also _His_
witnesses, His by a direct pers...
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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 _cont...
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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. Th...
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THE HOLY GHOST HIMSELF, THE POWER
8. _“But you shall receive power of the Holy Ghost having come on
you.”_ The English version gives this very incorrectly, “you shall
receive power after that the Holy...
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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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8._You shall receive power. _Our Savior Christ doth here call them
back as well unto the promise of God as also unto his commandment,
which was the readiest way to bridle their curiosity. Curiosity do...
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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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BUT YE SHALL RECEIVE POWER,.... From on high, with which they were to
be endured, Luke 24:49 meaning the power of the Holy Ghost, strength
from him to preach the Gospel, and work miracles in confirmat...
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But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon
you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all
Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth...
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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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YE SHALL RECEIVE POWER; he turns away their thoughts from these vain
inquiries to the spiritual office and work for which they are about to
be furnished from on high....
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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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BUT YOU SHALL RECEIVE POWER WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS COME UPON YOU;
AND YOU SHALL BE WITNESSES TO ME IN JERUSALEM, AND IN ALL JUDEA AND
SAMARIA, AND TO THE END OF THE EARTH. "
1. You will receive pow...
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POWER AFTER THAT THE HOLY GHOST IS COME UPON YOU:
Or, the power of the holy Ghost coming upon you...
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But ye shall receive power, when the Holy Spirit is come upon you: and
ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea and
Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
'BUT'-'It w...
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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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BUT YE SHALL RECEIVE POWER, AFTER THAT THE HOLY GHOST IS COME UPON
YOU; not till then, not of their own strength, but of God's grace, as
appeared by Peter's denying and the others leaving of our Savio...
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Origen de Principiis Book I
And on one occasion, scarcely even the apostles themselves are deemed
worthy to hear the words, "Ye shall receive the power of the Holy
Ghost coming upon you."[85]
Origen...
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Acts 1:8 But G235 receive G2983 (G5695) power G1411 Holy G40 Spirit
G4151 come G1904 (G5631) upon G1909 you G5209 and G2532 be G2071
(G5704) witnesses G3144 Me G3427 in G5037 G1722 Jerusalem G2419 and...
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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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Acts 1:8. BUT YE SHALL RECEIVE POWER, AFTER THAT THE HOLY GHOST IS
COME UPON you. The Lord again referred to that new power which should
descend upon them which He had before promised them, and told t...
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POWER
(δυναμιν). Not the "power" about which they were concerned
(political organization and equipments for empire on the order of
Rome). Their very question was ample proof of their need of this n...
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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, a...
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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 commandme...
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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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BUT YOU WILL BE FILLED WITH POWER. Not the political power they
dreamed of having, but spiritual power! AND YOU WILL BE WITNESSES FOR
ME. A "witness" is one who _gives evidence or testimony, based upo...
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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 t...
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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 Acts 1:1
relates the preparation for that event, which occurs in Acts 2:1....
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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, whic...
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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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Acts 2:1; Acts 6:8; Acts 8:19; Acts 8:5; Acts 1:22; Acts 10:39; Acts
13:31; Acts 2:32; Acts 22:15; Acts 3:15; Acts 4:33;
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Unto me [μ ο ι]. The best texts read mou, of me; or, as Rev., my
witnesses.
Samaria. Formerly they had been commanded not to enter the cities of
the Samaritans (Matthew 10:5)....
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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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But ye shall receive power — and shall be witnesses to me — That
is, ye shall be empowered to witness my Gospel, both by your preaching
and suffering....
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Observe here, How Christ, instead of gratifying his disciples
curiosity, acquaints them with their own duty; he tells them, that
although they had received his Spirit before, in some measure, yet
very...