Acts 1:12

Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mountain called the Oliveyard, which is near Jerusalem, about a mile off.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day’s journey.

In Context

11who said, "Galilaeans, why stand looking into the sky? This same Jesus who has been taken up from you into Heaven will come in just the same way as you have seen Him going into Heaven."

13They entered the city, and they went up to the upper room which was now their fixed place for meeting. Their names were Peter and John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas the brother of James.

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Cross References

Matthew 21:1When they were come near Jerusalem and had arrived at Bethphage and the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of the disciples on in front,

Matthew 24:20"But pray that your flight may not be in winter, nor on the Sabbath;

Luke 21:37His habit at this time was to teach in the Temple by day, but to go out and spend the night on the Mount called the Oliveyard.

Luke 24:52They worshipped Him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy.

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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