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A Spirit-Empowered Mission
Commentators highlight that Jesus gave his final commands "through the Holy Spirit." This shows that the mission entrusted to the apostles was not merely a human endeavor. From its inception, it was guided and empowered by the Spirit, establishing that the church's work is a divine, not human, project. This divine authority undergirds all that follows in the book of Acts.
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Albert Barnes
On Acts 1:2
18th Century
Theologian
Until the day. The fortieth day after his resurrection (Acts 1:3; Luke 24:51).
In which he was taken up…
AT Robertson
On Acts 1:2
Until the day in which (αχρ ης ημερας). Incorporation of the antecedent into the relative clause and the change of case η (locativ…
Charles Ellicott
On Acts 1:2
19th Century
Bishop
Until the day in which he was taken up.—We notice, as a matter of style, the same periodic structure that we found in the…
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Charles Spurgeon
On Acts 1:1–3
19th Century
Preacher
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…
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On Acts 1:2
Through a certain awkwardness in the Greek of this verse, Luke highlights four important introductory matters in approximately the same order in wh…
John Calvin
On Acts 1:2
16th Century
Theologian
Even until that day. Therefore, the ascension of Christ is the end of the history of the gospel. For he has ascended, Paul says, that …
John Gill
On Acts 1:2
17th Century
Pastor
Until the day in which he was taken up
That is, into heaven. The historian suggests, that his former treatise took i…
Matthew Henry
On Acts 1:1–5
17th Century
Minister
Our Lord told the disciples the work they were to do. The apostles met together at Jerusalem; Christ having ordered them not to depart from there, …