Beginning (αρξαμενο). Aorist middle participle of αρχω, but the nominative plural with no syntactical connection (an anacoluthon).…

Repentance. Sorrow for sin and forsaking it. It was proper that the necessity of repentance should be preached among all nations, for all …

And that repentance and remission of sins . . .—Here also we have a point of contact with St. John’s narrative. Though St…

And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were writ…

The Venerable Bede: After presenting Himself to be seen with their eyes and handled with their hands, and after bringing the Sc…

From time to time Luke has taken care to show that whatever the Lord has said unfailingly takes place (e.g., 2:20, 26; 19:32; 22:13, 37). That impl…

To all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. Christ now clearly reveals what He had formerly concealed—that the grace of the redemption He brou…

And that repentance and remission of sins
Which are the sum of the Gospel ministry; see (Acts 20:21) the…

Jesus appeared in a miraculous manner, a uring the disciples of His peace—though they had so lately forsaken Him—and promising spiritual peace with…