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Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mountain called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day`s journey away.
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Commentators explain that a "Sabbath day's journey" (about 2/3 of a mile) was not a command from the Law of Moses, but a Jewish tradition. Rabbis established this distance, based on passages like Numbers 35:5, to prevent travel that could be considered work on the Sabbath. Luke's mention of this specific measurement grounds the event in its historical and cultural context.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Then returned they unto Jerusalem. In Luke 24:52, we are told that they worshipped Jesus before they returned. And it is probable…
Olivet (Ελαιωνος). Genitive singular. Vulgate Olivetum. Made like αμπελων. Here only in the N.T., usually το ορος των Ελαιω…
19th Century
Anglican
From the mount called Olivet.—Regarding the name, see the note on Luke 19:29. The mention of the distance, and the measure of dist…
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The disciples had been instructed by Jesus to “stay in the city [of Jerusalem] until you have been clothed with power from on high” (cf.[Reference …
16th Century
Protestant
To move on to another account, he shows that the disciples, having returned to Jerusalem, lived together in one room. For it was the upper part of …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then returned they to Jerusalem With great joy, after the angels has told them that he should come again in like man…
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