Acts 1:7

He answered. "It is not for you to know times and occasions which the Father has fixed in his own authority;

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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 came together, they began to ask him, "Master, are you at this time about to restore the kingdom of Israel?"

8"yet you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you are to be my witnesses both in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and to the very ends of the earth."

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Cross References

Mark 10:40but a seat upon my right hand or my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been reserved."

Luke 21:24"They shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led captive among the Gentiles, and Jerusalem shall be trampled under foot by the Gentiles, until the appointed times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

Ephesians 1:10for the government of the fulness of the ages, that all things in heaven and earth are alike should be gathered up in Christ, as Head.

1 Timothy 6:15For in his own good time this will be brought about by that blessed and only potentate, 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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