Acts 1:2

until the day when he was taken up, after he had instructed those legates whom he had chosen by the Holy Spirit.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen:

In Context

1THE former book have I written, O Theophilus concerning all the things which our Lord Jesus Messiah began to do and teach,

3To whom also he showed himself alive after he had suffered, by numerous signs, during forty days, while he was seen by them, and spoke of the kingdom of God.

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Cross References

Matthew 10:1And he called his twelve disciples to him, and gave them authority over unclean spirits to cast them out, and to heal every pain and disease.

Matthew 28:19Go ye, therefore, and instruct all nations; and baptize them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

Mark 6:30And the legates assembled before Jesus, and told him all they had done, and all they had taught.

Matthew Henry on Acts 1:2-6

Acts to Revelation PREFACE Acts to Revelation After much expectation, and many enquiries, the last volume of the late reverend Mr. Henry's Exposition now appears in the world. The common disadvantages that attend posthumous productions will doubtless be discerned in this; but we hope, though there are diversities of gifts, there will be found to be the same spirit. Some of the relations and hearers of that excellent person have been at the pains of transcribing the notes they took in short-hand of this part of the… Read the whole commentary →

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