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Acts 1:7

But he said to them: It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has reserved under his own control.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.

In Context

6Therefore, when they came together, they asked him, saying: Lord, wilt thou at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?

8But you shall receive power, after the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be witnesses for me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and to the most distant part of the earth.

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Cross References

Matthew 20:23And he said to them: You shall drink my cup, and be immersed with the immersion with which I am immersed: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give; but it shall be given to them for whom it has been prepared by my Father.

Mark 10:40But to sit on my right hand and on my left, is not mine to give; but it shall be given to those for whom it is prepared.

Luke 21:24And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and be led away captive among all nations; and Jerusalem shall be trodden down by the Gentiles, till the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

Ephesians 1:10for a dispensation at the fullness of the times, in order that he might bring together for himself all things in the Christ, both those which are in the heavens, and those which are on earth;

1 Timothy 6:15which, in his own times, he will show, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;

Matthew Henry on Acts 1:7-12

Christ's Address to His Apostles; Christ's Ascension into Heaven. 6 When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? 7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power. 8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judæa, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the… Read the whole commentary →

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