{"commentaries":[],"citedBy":{"1":[],"2":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.15.16.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 15:16","href":"/jhn/15/#v16-westcott","text":"Acts i. 2","snippet":"The use of the word in vi. 70 and xiii. 18 (comp. Acts i. 2), no less than the context, in which the eleven are regarded as representatives of the Lord in relation to His Church, favours the second interpretation."}],"3":[{"id":"chrysostom.JHN.16.24-25.1","author":"John Chrysostom","author_dates":"c. 347-407","tradition":"Patristic (Greek East)","era":"Early church","died":407,"ref":"John 16:24–25","href":"/jhn/16/#v24-chrysostom","text":"Acts i. 3, 4","snippet":"(For He was with them, and talked with them forty days, being assembled with them, and speaking of the things concerning the kingdom of God— Acts i. 3, 4 ,)—“because now being in fear, ye give no heed to My words; but then when ye see Me risen again, and converse with Me, ye will be able to learn all things plainly, for the Father Himself will love you, when your faith …"},{"id":"henry.JHN.17.26.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 17:26","href":"/jhn/17/#v26-henry","text":"Acts i. 3","snippet":"To the disciples he designed to give further instructions after his resurrection (Acts i. 3), and to bring them into a much more intimate acquaintance with divine things by the pouring out of the Spirit after his ascension; and to all believers, into whose hearts he hath shined, he shines more and more."},{"id":"henry.JHN.20.30-31.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 20:30–31","href":"/jhn/20/#v30-henry","text":"Acts i. 3","snippet":"See Acts i. 3."}],"4":[{"id":"chrysostom.JHN.16.24-25.1","author":"John Chrysostom","author_dates":"c. 347-407","tradition":"Patristic (Greek East)","era":"Early church","died":407,"ref":"John 16:24–25","href":"/jhn/16/#v24-chrysostom","text":"Acts i. 3, 4","snippet":"(For He was with them, and talked with them forty days, being assembled with them, and speaking of the things concerning the kingdom of God— Acts i. 3, 4 ,)—“because now being in fear, ye give no heed to My words; but then when ye see Me risen again, and converse with Me, ye will be able to learn all things plainly, for the Father Himself will love you, when your faith …"},{"id":"chrysostom.JHN.21.14.1","author":"John Chrysostom","author_dates":"c. 347-407","tradition":"Patristic (Greek East)","era":"Early church","died":407,"ref":"John 21:14","href":"/jhn/21/#v14-chrysostom","text":"Acts i. 4","snippet":"( Acts i. 4."},{"id":"henry.JHN.7.39.4","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 7:39","href":"/jhn/7/#v39-henry","text":"Acts i. 4","snippet":"But observe, though the Holy Ghost was not yet given, yet he was promised; it was now the great promise of the Father, Acts i. 4."},{"id":"henry.JHN.14.16-17.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 14:16–17","href":"/jhn/14/#v16-henry","text":"Acts i. 4","snippet":"This is the great New-Testament promise (Acts i. 4), as that of the Messiah was of the Old Testament; a promise adapted to the present distress of the disciples, who were in sorrow, and needed a comforter."},{"id":"ryle.JHN.21.13.1","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 21:13","href":"/jhn/21/#v13-ryle","text":"Acts i. 4","snippet":"Chrysostom here remarks, that we are not directly told that Jesus ate with the disciples, but that it is probable from Luke's words in Acts i. 4, that He did."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.4.21.2","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 4:21","href":"/jhn/4/#v21-westcott","text":"Acts i. 4, 7","snippet":"Other examples are found, Matt. xi. 27 and parallels; Acts i. 4, 7; Rom. vi. 4; Eph. ii. 18."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.16.7.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 16:7","href":"/jhn/16/#v7-westcott","text":"Acts i. 4","snippet":"Luke xxiv. 49 ; Acts i. 4."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.21.1.2","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 21:1","href":"/jhn/21/#v1-westcott","text":"Acts i. 4","snippet":"Before the Ascension they came again to Jerusalem and continued there till after Pentecost (Acts i. 4)."}],"5":[{"id":"henry.JHN.4.1-2.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 4:1–2","href":"/jhn/4/#v1-henry","text":"Acts i. 5","snippet":"He would reserve himself for the honour of baptizing with the Holy Ghost, Acts i. 5. 6."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.1.26.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 1:26","href":"/jhn/1/#v26-westcott","text":"Acts i. 5","snippet":"Comp. Acts i. 5."}],"6":[{"id":"henry.JHN.16.23.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 16:23","href":"/jhn/16/#v23-henry","text":"Acts i. 6","snippet":"They had asked some ignorant questions (as ch. ix. 2), some ambitious questions (as Matt. xviii. 1), some distrustful ones (as Matt. xix. 27), some impertinent ones, (as ch. xxi. 21), some curious ones (as Acts i. 6); but after the Spirit was poured out, nothing of all this."},{"id":"bengel.JHN.16.22.1","author":"Johann Albrecht Bengel","author_dates":"1687-1752","tradition":"Lutheran Pietist","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1752,"ref":"John 16:22","href":"/jhn/16/#v22-bengel","text":"Acts i. 6","snippet":"They questioned Him about “the time of the restoration of the kingdom to Israel” in Acts i. 6. ... verily) Once and again He had somewhat touched upon the subject of prayer, declaring that they who would pray in the name of Jesus, should experimentally know the unity of the Father and the Son, ch. xiv. 13, “ …"},{"id":"ryle.JHN.1.49.1","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 1:49","href":"/jhn/1/#v49-ryle","text":"Acts i. 6","snippet":"(Acts i. 6."}],"7":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.4.21.2","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 4:21","href":"/jhn/4/#v21-westcott","text":"Acts i. 4, 7","snippet":"Other examples are found, Matt. xi. 27 and parallels; Acts i. 4, 7; Rom. vi. 4; Eph. ii. 18."}],"8":[{"id":"calvin.JHN.5.34.1","author":"John Calvin","author_dates":"1509-1564","tradition":"Reformed","era":"Reformation","died":1564,"ref":"John 5:34","href":"/jhn/5/#v34-calvin","text":"Acts 1:8","snippet":"You shall be witnesses to me, both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth, (Acts 1:8."},{"id":"henry.JHN.14.12.2","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 14:12","href":"/jhn/14/#v12-henry","text":"Acts i. 8","snippet":"\"Because I go to the Father, I shall be in a capacity to furnish you with such a power, for I go to the Father, to send the Comforter, from whom you shall receive power,\" Acts i. 8."},{"id":"henry.JHN.14.19-20.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 14:19–20","href":"/jhn/14/#v19-henry","text":"Acts i. 8","snippet":"They saw him with their bodily eyes after his resurrection, for he showed himself to them by many infallible proofs, Acts i. 8."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.4.4.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 4:4","href":"/jhn/4/#v4-westcott","text":"Acts i. 8","snippet":"This \"passing through\" gave occasion for a prophetic revelation of the future extension of the Gospel (comp. Acts i. 8), and stands in no opposition to the special charge to the Apostles, Matt. x. 5."}],"9":[{"id":"calvin.JHN.1.51.1","author":"John Calvin","author_dates":"1509-1564","tradition":"Reformed","era":"Reformation","died":1564,"ref":"John 1:51","href":"/jhn/1/#v51-calvin","text":"Acts 1:9","snippet":"A visible instance of this was shown to Stephen, (Acts 7:55,) to the three disciples on the mountain, (Matthew 17:5,) and to the other disciples at Christ’s ascension, (Luke 24:51; Acts 1:9."},{"id":"henry.JHN.16.16.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 16:16","href":"/jhn/16/#v16-henry","text":"Acts i. 9, 10","snippet":"… he withdrew from them (from those who, after his resurrection, had for some time conversed with him), out of their sight; a cloud received him, and, though they looked up steadfastly after him, they saw him no more, Acts i. 9, 10; 2 Kings ii. 12."}],"10":[{"id":"henry.JHN.16.16.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 16:16","href":"/jhn/16/#v16-henry","text":"Acts i. 9, 10","snippet":"… he withdrew from them (from those who, after his resurrection, had for some time conversed with him), out of their sight; a cloud received him, and, though they looked up steadfastly after him, they saw him no more, Acts i. 9, 10; 2 Kings ii. 12."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.20.12.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 20:12","href":"/jhn/20/#v12-westcott","text":"Acts i. 10","snippet":"in white] Matt, xxviii. 3 ; Mark xvi. 5 ; Acts i. 10."}],"11":[{"id":"ryle.JHN.14.18-20.1","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 14:18–20","href":"/jhn/14/#v18-ryle","text":"Acts. i. 11","snippet":"(Acts. i. 11."}],"12":[],"13":[{"id":"bengel.JHN.1.45.1","author":"Johann Albrecht Bengel","author_dates":"1687-1752","tradition":"Lutheran Pietist","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1752,"ref":"John 1:45","href":"/jhn/1/#v45-bengel","text":"Acts i. 13","snippet":"Certainly at Matt. x. 3 [the list of the apostles], he is joined to Philip; and at John xxi. 2, Nathanael is put down in the midst of the apostles, immediately after Thomas ; comp. Acts i. 13, “Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew :” and it seems likely, that his name would have been submitted to the apostles casting of lots [as a candidate for the vacant apostleship, to which Matthew was elected by …"},{"id":"westcott.JHN.1.45.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 1:45","href":"/jhn/1/#v45-westcott","text":"Acts i. 13","snippet":"In xxi. 2 Thomas is added, as in Acts i. 13."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.14.22.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 14:22","href":"/jhn/14/#v22-westcott","text":"Acts i. 13","snippet":"Luke vi. 16; Acts i. 13."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.20.19.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 20:19","href":"/jhn/20/#v19-westcott","text":"Acts i. 13","snippet":"Comp. Acts i. 13."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.21.2.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 21:2","href":"/jhn/21/#v2-westcott","text":"Acts i. 13","snippet":"Thomas] In Acts i. 13, Thomas is joined with Philip, so that he may have been of Bethsaida (i. 44)."}],"14":[{"id":"henry.JHN.16.23.3","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 16:23","href":"/jhn/16/#v23-henry","text":"Acts i. 14","snippet":"Christ had promised them great illumination by the Spirit, but they must pray for it, and did so, Acts i. 14."},{"id":"ryle.JHN.7.3.1","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 7:3","href":"/jhn/7/#v3-ryle","text":"Acts i. 14","snippet":"That at the latter part of His ministry He had some \" brethren\" who were not Apostles, but believed, is clear from Acts i. 14."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.19.26.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 19:26","href":"/jhn/19/#v26-westcott","text":"Acts i. 14","snippet":"… former marriage, and St John was the son of the sister of the Lord's mother, the difficulty which has . been felt as to the charge which he received in preference to the brethren, who appear among the first believers (Acts i. 14), wholly disappears."}],"15":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.20.17.2","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 20:17","href":"/jhn/20/#v17-westcott","text":"Acts i. 15","snippet":"The title occurs very significantly in the record of the first action of the Christian society: Acts i. 15 (in the midst of the brethren)."}],"16":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.2.22.2","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 2:22","href":"/jhn/2/#v22-westcott","text":"Acts i. 16","snippet":"… xix. 24, 28, 36, 37 (xx. 9), and in every case except xvii. 12 and xx. 9 the reference is to a definite passage of Scripture given in the context, according to the usage elsewhere, Mark xii. 10 [xv. 28] ; Luke iv. 21 ; Acts i. 16, viii. 35, &c."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.20.9.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 20:9","href":"/jhn/20/#v9-westcott","text":"Acts i. 16","snippet":"… divine necessity ... is shewn to run through the last unexpected events of the Lord's earthly life; Matt. xxvi. 54; Mark viii. 31; Luke ix. 22, xvii. 35, xxii. 37, xxiv. 7, 36, 44, (46); John iii. 14, xii. 34, note; Acts i. 16."}],"17":[],"18":[{"id":"bengel.JHN.9.8-11.1","author":"Johann Albrecht Bengel","author_dates":"1687-1752","tradition":"Lutheran Pietist","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1752,"ref":"John 9:8–11","href":"/jhn/9/#v8-bengel","text":"Acts 1. 18","snippet":"like) Human reason invents and supposes anything, sooner than it will believe a miracle has been wrought: ver. 18, “ But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and received his sight ;” Acts 1. 18, “ Others mocking, said, These men are full of new wine."}],"19":[],"20":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.2.17.2","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 2:17","href":"/jhn/2/#v17-westcott","text":"Acts i. 20","snippet":"Other passages from it are quoted as Messianic, John xv. 25 (i>. 4), xix. 28 and parallels (v. 21); Rom. xi. 9, 10 (v. 22) ; Acts i. 20 (v. 25)."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.17.12.2","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 17:12","href":"/jhn/17/#v12-westcott","text":"Acts i. 20","snippet":"The reference is to Ps. xli. 9 (ch. xiii. 1 8), rather than to Ps. cix. 8 (Acts i. 20)."}],"21":[{"id":"bengel.JHN.10.9.1","author":"Johann Albrecht Bengel","author_dates":"1687-1752","tradition":"Lutheran Pietist","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1752,"ref":"John 10:9","href":"/jhn/10/#v9-bengel","text":"Acts i. 21","snippet":"Comp. Acts i. 21, “These men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us.” ... i Tt is in conformity with this, that as well the margin of both Editions, declares the note of time, ... to be …"},{"id":"ryle.JHN.10.9.2","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 10:9","href":"/jhn/10/#v9-ryle","text":"Acts i. 21","snippet":"(See Acts i. 21, ix. 28 ; John xiv. 23; Rev. iii. 20."}],"22":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.1.19-34.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 1:19–34","href":"/jhn/1/#v19-westcott","text":"Acts i. 22","snippet":"The narrative of St John starts from the same point as the original Apostolic Gospel (compare Acts i. 22, x. 37, xiii. 24; Mark i. i); but, as belonging to a later period in the growth of the Church, it distinguishes more exactly than that did the relation of the Baptist both to the old Covenant and to Christ."}],"23":[{"id":"bengel.JHN.1.45.1","author":"Johann Albrecht Bengel","author_dates":"1687-1752","tradition":"Lutheran Pietist","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1752,"ref":"John 1:45","href":"/jhn/1/#v45-bengel","text":"Acts i. 23","snippet":"… and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew :” and it seems likely, that his name would have been submitted to the apostles casting of lots [as a candidate for the vacant apostleship, to which Matthew was elected by lot], Acts i. 23, [whereas Barsabas and Matthias were the only two submitted to it], had he not been already among the apostles."}],"24":[],"25":[{"id":"bengel.JHN.17.12.1","author":"Johann Albrecht Bengel","author_dates":"1687-1752","tradition":"Lutheran Pietist","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1752,"ref":"John 17:12","href":"/jhn/17/#v12-bengel","text":"Acts i. 25","snippet":"The article is strongly demonstrative, “ that son of perdition ;” he of whom the prediction has been given ; who has destroyed himself, Acts i. 25, “ Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place ;” for whom it would have been good that he had not been born."}],"26":[]}}