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Acts 1:7

And he said to them, It is not for you to have knowledge of the time and the order of events which the Father has kept in his control.

Bible in Basic English

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

6So, when they were together, they said to him, Lord, will you at this time give back the kingdom to Israel?

8But you will have power, when the Holy Spirit has come on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judaea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 29:29The secret things are the Lord our God's: but the things which have been made clear are ours and our children's for ever, so that we may do all the words of this law.

Matthew 20:23They say to him, We are able. He says to them, Truly, you will take of my cup: but to be seated at my right hand and at my left is not for me to give, but it is for those for whom my Father has made it ready.

Mark 10:40But to be seated at my right hand or at my left is not for me to give: but it is for those for whom it has been made ready.

Luke 21:24And they will be put to death with the sword, and will be taken as prisoners into all the nations; and Jerusalem will be crushed under the feet of the Gentiles, till the times of the Gentiles are complete.

Ephesians 1:10The ordering of the times when they are complete, so that all things might come to a head in Christ, the things in heaven and the things on the earth; in him, I say,

1 Timothy 6:15Which at the right time he will make clear, who is the eternal and only Ruler, 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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