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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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POWER TO GO ON (Acts 1:1-5)...
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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...
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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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_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...
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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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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...
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_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...
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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. Бо...
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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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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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1:9 sight. (e-21) Lit. 'received up from their eyes.'...
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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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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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(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...
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_He was raised up. Raised himself up, and ascended, &c. (Witham)_...
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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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 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...
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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...
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_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,...
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AND WHEN HE HAD SPOKEN THESE THINGS, WHILE THEY BEHELD, HE WAS TAKEN
UP; AND A CLOUD RECEIVED HIM OUT OF THEIR SIGHT....
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The ascension of Christ:...
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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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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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Acts 1:9 Now G2532 spoken G2036 (G5631) things G5023 they G846 watched
G991 (G5723) up G1869 ...
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‘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...
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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 1:9. 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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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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HE WAS TAKEN UP TO HEAVEN. See Luke 24:51-53 and notes there....
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_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...
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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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_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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Acts 1:2; Daniel 7:13; Ephesians 4:8; Exodus 19:9; Exodus 34:5;...
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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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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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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...