FORMER. Literally first. This links the Acts with Luke's Gospel, see p. 1575. TREATISE. account. Greek. _logos._ App-121. HAVE. Omit. THEOPHILUS. See note on Luke 1:3. OF. concerning. Greek. _peri._ App-104. JESUS. App-98. BEGAN. This shows that the Acts records the continuation of the Lord's... [ Continue Reading ]
TAKEN UP. received up. Compare Mark 16:19. AFTER THAT HE... HAD. having. THROUGH. Greek. _dia._ App-104.Acts 1:1. THE HOLY GHOST. Divine power. App-101. given commandments unto. commanded. THE APOSTLES. See App-189. HAD CHOSEN. chose out (Luke 6:13).... [ Continue Reading ]
ALSO. Read after "Himself". SHEWED. presented. AFTER HIS PASSION. after (Greek. _meta._ App-104.) that He suffered. INFALLIBLE PROOFS. indubitable evidence. Greek. _tek-merion._ Only here. Compare 1 John 1:1; 1 John 1:2. SEEN. Greek. _optanomai._ App-133. Only here. FORTY DAYS. during (Greek. _... [ Continue Reading ]
BEING ASSEMBLED TOGETHER WITH. Greek. _sunalizomai._ Only here. COMMANDED. Greek. _parangello._ First occurance Matthew 10:5. Compare App-121.:6. Not the same word as in Acts 1:2. DEPART. separate themselves. Greek. _charizo._ First occurance, Matthew 19:6. WAIT FOR. Greek. _perimeno_. Only here.... [ Continue Reading ]
BE BAPTIZED WITH. App-115. NOT. Greek. _ou._ App-105. MANY DAYS HENCE. after (Greek. _meta._ App-104.) these many days.... [ Continue Reading ]
ASKED OF. were questioning. Greek. _eperotao._ Compare App-134. WILT THOU. Literally if (App-118. a) Thou dost. Figure of speech _Heterosis_ (of Tense). App-6. AT. in. Greek. _en_. App-104. RESTORE AGAIN. establish or setup. Greek. _apokathistano._ First occurance Matthew 12:13. THE KINGDOM: i.e... [ Continue Reading ]
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,_ as Acts 1:6. POWER. authority. App-172.... [ Continue Reading ]
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" witnesses. Compare Isaiah 43:10; Isaiah 43:12; Isaiah 44:8. UNTO. as far as. Greek. _heos._ EARTH. App... [ Continue Reading ]
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_ hosts. Compare Psalms 24:7; Psalms 47:5.Matthew 24:30; Matthew 26:64; 1 Thessalonians 4:17; Revelation 1... [ Continue Reading ]
LOOKED STEDFASTLY. were gazing earnestly. App-133. TOWARD. into. App-104. HEAVEN. the heaven (sing). See note on Matthew 6:9; Matthew 6:10. WENT UP. was going. BEHOLD. App-133. MEN. App-123. These were angels. Compare Acts 10:30; John 20:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
ALSO SAID. said also. YE MEN OF GALILEE. Literally Men, Galileans. The term "men" was usual in addressing. company. Compare our use of the word, "Gentlemen". This usage is common in Acts: Acts 1:16; Acts 2:14; Acts 2:22; Acts 2:29; Acts 2:37; Acts 3:12; Acts 5:35; Acts 7:2;... [ Continue Reading ]
OLIVET. Only here in N.T., but found often in the Papyri. The usual expression is the "Mount of Olives". FROM. near. A SABBATH DAY'S JOURNEY. See App-51.... [ Continue Reading ]
WERE COME. entered. AN. the. UPPER ROOM. Greek. _huperoon_: here; Acts 9:37; Acts 9:39; Acts 20:8. Not the same word as in Mark 14:15.Luke 22:12. ABODE. were abiding. Greek. _katameno._ Only here. PETER, &C. See App-141.... [ Continue Reading ]
CONTINUED. were continuing. Greek. _proskartereo._ In Acts, here; Acts 2:42; Acts 2:46; Acts 6:4; Acts 8:13; Acts 10:7. WITH ONE ACCORD. with one mind. Occurs eleven times in Acts, once in Romans 15:6. Found in. Papyrus of 117 B.C. PRAYER. App-134. SUPPLICATION. The texts omit. AND MARY. The las... [ Continue Reading ]
STOOD UP. rose up. Greek. _anistemi._ App-178. DISCIPLES. The texts read "brethren". NUMBER. Greek. _ochlos,_ crowd. This is an occurance of the Figure of speech _Epitrechon._ TOGETHER. to the same (place). Greek. _epi to auto._ See Acts 2:1; Acts 2:44; Acts 4:26. 1Co 7:5. 1 Corinthians 11:20; 1... [ Continue Reading ]
MEN AND BRETHREN. Compare Acts 1:11. SCRIPTURE. Greek. _graphe._ FULFILLED. filled full. App-126. GHOST. Spirit. App-101. BY. through. App-104.Acts 1:1. DAVID. Peter asserts that Psalms 69 was written by David, and was the utterance of the Holy Spirit. Compare 2 Peter 1:21. CONCERNING. App-104... [ Continue Reading ]
NUMBERED. Greek. _katarithmeo_. Only here. WITH. Greek. _sun,_ as in Acts 1:14, but the texts read _en,_ among. HAD. Omit. PART. the lot. Greek. _kleros._ Five times in the Gospels, of the lots cast for the Lord's garments. MINISTRY. Greek. _diakonia._ App-190.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW. Therefore. Verses Acts 18:19 form. parenthesis. THIS MAN. this one, indeed. PURCHASED. caused to be purchased. Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Effect). App-6. See App-161. FIELD. place, or holding. Greek. _chorion_. See note on Matthew 26:36. REWARD. pay. Greek. _misthos._ Sin pays its wage... [ Continue Reading ]
KNOWN. Greek. _gnostos._ Compare App-132. This word occurs fifteen times, ten times in Acts. unto. to. PROPER. own. Greek. _idios._ TONGUE. dialect. Greek. _dialektos._ Only in Acts: here; Acts 2:6; Acts 2:8; Acts 21:40; Acts 22:2; Acts 26:14. Aceldama. See App-94.:3 and 161.... [ Continue Reading ]
IS. has been. THE. a: i.e. the second book, in Psalms 69:25. HABITATION. farm, or country house. Greek. _epaulis._ Only here. DESOLATE. desert: i.e. let the place he has thus acquired become. wilderness. LET, &C. Literally let there not (Greek. _me.)_ be the dweller (Acts 1:19). THEREIN. in (Gr... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL. in (Greek. _en)_ all. WENT IN AND OUT.. Hebraism for life in general. Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of the Species). App-6. Compare Acts 9:28; Deuteronomy 28:6; John 10:9. AMONG. over. App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 resurrection is the great subject of the Apostolic witness. Compare Acts 2:32; Acts 3:26; Acts 4:10; Acts 5:30... [ Continue Reading ]
APPOINTED. put forward, or nominated. BARSABAS. Texts read Barsabbas. App-94.:11. Compare Acts 15:22.... [ Continue Reading ]
PRAYED. Greek. _proseuchomai._ App-134. WHICH KNOWEST, &C. Literally heart-knowing. Greek. _kardiognostes._ Only here and Acts 15:8. Compare Jeremiah 17:10. SHEW. shew plainly. Greek. _anadeiknumi._ Only here and Luke 10:1. WHETHER OF THESE TWO. Literally of these two, the one.... [ Continue Reading ]
TAKE PART. receive the lot. Greek. _kleros._ THIS MINISTRY, &C.. this apostolic ministry. Figure of speech _Hendiadys._ App-6. APOSTLESHIP. Greek. _apostole._ Only here, Romans 1:5; 1 Corinthians 9:2.Galatians 1:2; Galatians 1:8. FROM. App-104. but texts read _apo._ BY TRANSGRESSION FELL. transg... [ Continue Reading ]
LOTS, LOT. Greek. _kleros._ Same word as "part", in Acts 1:17. NUMBERED. Greek. _sunkatapsephizo._ Only here. See note on Luke 14:28. WITH. Greek. _meta._ App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]