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It came to pass, when the days were near that he should be taken up, he intently set his face to go to Jerusalem,
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The Goal Was Glory
Commentators highlight the phrase "received up" as referring to Jesus's glorious Ascension into heaven. By using this term, Luke frames the entire difficult journey to the cross—including the suffering and death—in the light of ultimate victory. As Charles Spurgeon noted, the language "overleaps" death and focuses on the glorious outcome.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Should be received up. The word here translated "received up" literally means a removal from a lower to a higher place, and here it eviden…
When the days were well-nigh come (εν τω συμπληρουσθα τας ημερας). Luke's common idiom εν with the articular infinitive, "in the b…
19th Century
Anglican
When the time was come that he should be received up.—Literally, When the days of His assumption were being fulfilled…
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Baptist
And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem,
It is a v…
As just observed, there is now a major change in Jesus’ orientation; he is heading to Jerusalem where he would die. At this significant turning poi…
16th Century
Protestant
While the days of his being received up, etc. Luke alone relates this narrative, which, however, is highly useful on many accounts. For:
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And it came to pass, when the time was come Or "days were fulfilled", an usual Hebraism; when the period of time fix…
The disciples did not consider that the conduct of the Samaritans was rather the effect of national prejudices and bigotry than of enmity to the wo…
