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Acts 1:7

And He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has placed in His own authority.

English Majority Text (NT)

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 had come together, they asked Him, saying, “Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?”

8But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” 1 The Ascension of Jesus

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Cross References

Matthew 20:23So He said to them, “You will indeed drink My cup, and be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized with; but to sit on My right hand and on My left is not Mine to give, but it is to those 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 to those for whom it has been prepared.”

Luke 21:24And they will fall by the edge of the sword, and be led away captive into all nations. And Jerusalem will be trampled by Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled. 1 The Coming of the Son of Man

Ephesians 1:10for an administration of the fullness of the times, He might bring together all things in Christ, those in heaven and those on the earth—in Him.

1 Timothy 6:15which He will show in His own time, He who is the blessed and only Sovereign, 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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