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until the day in which he was received up, after he had given commandment through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen.
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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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18th Century
Presbyterian
Until the day. The fortieth day after his resurrection (Acts 1:3; Luke 24:51).
In which he was taken up…
Until the day in which (αχρ ης ημερας). Incorporation of the antecedent into the relative clause and the change of case η (locativ…
19th Century
Anglican
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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Baptist
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…
Through a certain awkwardness in the Greek of this verse, Luke highlights four important introductory matters in approximately the same order in wh…
16th Century
Protestant
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 …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Until the day in which he was taken up That is, into heaven. The historian suggests, that his former treatise took i…
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, …
