Acts 1:2

Until the day when, having given command unto the apostles, whom through Holy Spirit he had chosen, he was taken up;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 first narrative, indeed, made I, concerning all things, O Theophilus, which Jesus began both to do and teach,—

3Unto whom he also presented himself alive, after he had suffered, by many sure tokens, throughout forty days making himself visible unto them, and speaking the things concerning the kingdom of God.

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Cross References

Isaiah 11:2And the spirit of Yahweh shall rest upon him,—The spirit of wisdom and understanding, The spirit of counsel and might, The spirit of knowledge and reverence of Yahweh;

Isaiah 48:16Draw ye near unto me—hear ye this, Not in advance in secret, have I spoken, From the very time it cometh into being, there, am I,—And, now, My Lord Yahweh hath sent me and his spirit.

Isaiah 61:1The spirit of My Lord Yahweh, is upon me,—Because Yahweh Hath anointed me to tell good tidings to the oppressed, Hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, To proclaim To captives, liberty, To them who are bound, the opening of the prison;

Matthew 10:1And, calling near his twelve disciples, he gave them authority over impure spirits,—so as to be casting them out, and curing every disease and every infirmity.

Matthew 28:19Go ye, therefore, and disciple all the nations, Immersing them into the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,—

Mark 6:30And the apostles gather themselves together unto Jesus, and reported unto him all things, as many as they had done, and as many as 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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