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ACTS Chapter 1
Acts 1:1
The first account I made, O Theophilus, dealt with all that Jesus did and taught from the very first . . . .
Context: What if Luke is writing a “Journal” article?
He’s telling the believers that this “new article” (The Book of ACTS) will begin where his last article (The Gospel of LUKE) left off.
Luke is dealing with how the people perceive Jesus after the Resurrection.
Luke ASSURES us that he and the others recognized Jesus by his words.
ANNT (A New New Testament): says that Jesus spoke of “all that related to the realm of God.”
Has Jesus changed his story?
Has he “come back” with important NEW INFORMATION about how to become immortal?
Have his instructions changed?
What about “not to leave Jerusalem? (Home, heaven)
Would this have been new instruction? (The kingdom of heaven in within YOU).
What about “waiting there until fulfillment of the Father’s “promise?”
Is this a new instruction?
Doesn’t Jesus instruct all believers to “wait on God?”
What is this “promise?” (Isn’t it baptism in/of the holy Spirit?)
The “Promise”
The Gospel of LUKE begins and ends with God’s “promise.”
Luke 1:72 Luke puts these words into the mouth of Zacharias (Heb. male/incense burning/remember) “He (Jesus) will perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember the holy covenant (promise).”
LUKE 24:49 (near the end of Luke) Jesus says: “Behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry in the city of Jerusalem until ye be endued with power from on high.”
Luke indicates the “promise” is baptism by the holy Spirit.
LUKE 3:3 “And he (John) came into the neighborhood of the Jordan . . . (Heb.3381, yarad, to descend, to go downward, to a lower region, fig. to fall) . . .
. . .proclaiming a baptism . . .(911, bapto, to cover wholly with a fluid, to moisten, to stain (as with a dye) . . .
. . . of repentance . . .(3441 metanoia from 3340 [meta(3326) + noeo(3539)] to immerse in/of/with/together with mind,meaning, intellect, understanding (nous!!!)
. . . for forgiveness of sins . . . (“forgiveness” 859 aphesis, freedom; fig. pardon)(“sins” 266, hamartia, to miss the mark (allotment or share) and thus to not share in the prize)
. . . , as has been written in the rolls of the words of Isaiah.
Jerusalem, Heb. 3389, from 3384, yara, to flow like water (i.e., to rain); to point out (as if aiming by the finger), to teach; transitively, to lay or throw (esp. an arrow, i.e., to shoot): - archer, instruct, shoot, teach, through) + salam (peace)
In conclusion: Doesn’t Luke include these words about staying in Jerusalem and waiting for the promise exactly because they identify Jesus as the person who said these things before his crucifixion?
ACTS 1:6 The disciple’s “question”
So when they had met together,
they asked Jesus this question:
“Master, IS THIS THE TIME when
you intend to reestablish
the kingdom for Israel?”
Jesus answered:
“It is NOT FOR YOU TO KNOW
times or hours
for the Father has reserved these
for his own decision (authority); . . . but . . . ”
“Time” (Chronos, 5550) means a space of time in general and thus distinguished from “hour” or “season” (2540) which designates a fixed of special occasion.
Can we NOT KNOW because “time” is unreal? thus CANNOT be “known?”
Can good be in the future? NOT in the present “time?”
MATT 16:3-4
. . . O ye hypocrites,
ye can discern the face of the sky;
but can ye discern the signs of the times (2540)?
A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign;
and there shall no sign be given unto it,
but the sign of the prophet Jonas.
The “sign” of the prophet Jonas
Jonah 1:2
Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city,
AND CRY AGAINST IT;
for their wickedness is come up before me.
In the end, Jonah does what God asks, . . . but . . .
apparently to Jonah’s surprise (and dismay!) the citizens repent,
turn from their evil ways, and God did not do evil to them:
Jonah 4:1
But this displeased Jonah exceedingly,
AND HE WAS VERY ANGRY.
(so “angry” that he asks God to take his life.)
Jonah 4:4
Then said the Lord,
Doest thou well to be angry?
Jonah makes a booth and sits in it to watch what would become of the city.
Are these the “signs:” [that Jesus refers to]
Jonah 4:6-11 (paraphrase):
God prepares a gourd to come up over Jonah to be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief, and Jonah was glad for the gourd. But God prepared a worm for the gourd and it withered. Then God prepared a great east wind, and the sun beat upon Jonah’s head, and Jonah fainted, and wished himself to die.
God reasons with Jonah: Doest thou well to be angry with the gourd? Jonah says, Yes! Unto death!
God says, You had pity on the gourd for which you had not labored, nor made it to grow. it came up in the night, and perished in the night.
And should I not spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than six score thousand persons that CANNOT DISCERN between their right hand and their left hand, and also much cattle???
Is Nineveh’s salvation a matter of “time” or a matter of “discernment” of ever-present Love?
Is Israel’s salvation “time-dependent”? Will Israel be “saved” at such “time” when the Romans leave?
Do I wonder when my “time” will come? Am I waiting on “time” or am I waiting on an ever-merciful, ever-ready, ever-willing, ever-present, ever-loving, ever-only, ever-ALL God?
Discernment is not time-dependent, it is infinity-dependent.
So, look for “signs” of infinity.
ACTS 1:8
. . . but you will receive POWER when the holy Spirit will have descended upon you, and you will be witnesses for me in both Jerusalem and Judea, and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.
. . . but you will ATTAIN power (2983, lambano, to take, to get hold of)
. . . POWER . . . (1411, dynamis, To be able/possible, force: - meaning, ability, abundance, strength, wonderful work)
. . . when the holy Spirit will have descended upon you (remember: the holy Spirit descending upon you is the “water” or “rain” of the baptism, the immersion in, Spirit. NOTE: you don’t immerse yourself. You are immersed in IT by the mercy or love of God.
. . . and you will be WITNESSES FOR ME . . . (3144, martys, witness, by analogy, martyr: - recorder, witness, martyr.)
. . . both in JERUSALEM . . . (Home, heaven) . . . and in all . .
. . . JUDEA . . . (Heb.3063 from 3034, yada, to use, i.e. hold out the hand; physically to throw a stone or arrow at or away; esp. to revere or worship (w/extended hands); intensely to bemoan (by wringing the hands): - give thanks, cast out, shoot, confess, praise, thanksgiving)
NOTE: Jesus stretches out his hand to heal.
In Greek, worshipping has the same meaning as healing.
heal/cure/worship
2323, therapueo, from the same as 2324 (a menial attendant (as if cherishing): - servant.); to wait upon menially, i.e. fig. to adore (God), or (specifically) to relieve (of disease): - cure, heal, worship. Note: a menial servant is a domestic servant, a servant of the house.
servant
1401, doulos, from 1210, a slave, lit or fig, voluntarily or involuntarily; therefore in a qualified sense of subjection or subservience: - bond, bondman, servant.
enslave
1402, douloo, from 1401; to enslave, lit. or fig.; - bring into (be under) bondage, given, become (make) servant.
slave or servant
3816, pais, perhaps from 3817 (paio, to hit, smite, strike); a boy (as often beaten with impunity), or by analogy a girl, and (generally (a child); specifically a slave or servant (especially a minister to a king; and by eminence to God): - child, maid, maiden, (man) servant, son, young man.
Psm 62:1,5
Truly my soul waiteth on God:
from him cometh my salvation.
My soul, wait thou upon God;
for my expectation is from him.
. . . SAMARIA . . . (Heb. 8111, watch-station, from Heb.8104,samar, to hedge about with thorns, i.e., guard, generally, to protect, attend to, etc.: - look, observe, preserve, save self, wait, regard, save.)
JESUS SAYS: Watch (Samaria) and Pray (Judea).
. . . and to (G2193, even unto) the ends of the earth.
Psm 61:1,2,8
Hear my cry, O God;
Attend unto my prayer.
From the end of the earth
will I cry unto thee,
When my heart is overwhelmed:
Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
END, Heb. 7097, qaseh, extremity (used in a great variety of idioms);
brim, brink, edge, end, shore, uttermost, infinite.
EARTH Heb. 776, eres, to be firm: - common, field, way, world, wilderness, land.
e.g. . . . and even unto the edge of the field, or
. . . unto the shore of what is common, or
. . . into the infinite wilderness.
RECAP of Acts 1:8
but you will receive power (divine meaning),
when the holy Spirit will have descended upon you,
and you will be witnesses for me (of Me, Christ, God and Man)
in both Jerusalem (Home- alone with God), and in all
Judea (worshipping/healing/praising/thanking), and in
Samaria (watching and waiting on God- servanthood), and even unto the ends of the earth (the infinite way, to the edge of the field, the end of the common).
ACTS 1:9
No sooner had Jesus said this than he was caught up before their eyes
and a cloud received him from their sight.
Caught up, G1869, ep-airo, (from 1909, epi, superimposition, and 142, airo, to lift, to take up or away, sail away (weigh anchor)); keep in suspense (the mind);
by Hebrew (H 5375) to expiate sin: -- bear (up), carry, lift up, loose, put away, remove, take (up, away), make to doubt.
Heb. 5375, nasa, to lift: -- advance, marry, yield, accept, arise, able to bear, exalt (self), extol, furnish, forgive, pardon, receive, regard, respect, etc.
THOUGHTS: To be taught that “God is the only Mind” “makes us to doubt” our supposed (mortal) mind, and we are lifted up by Truth. The mistake we believed (that we had a mind) is the “sin” which is lifted off, or forgiven.
Cloud, 3507, nephele, cloudiness, i.e., a cloud.
THOUGHTS: Does the “cloud” represent divine consciousness, the source of rain, abundance, water (the symbol of Spirit)
Received, 5274, hypolambano, fig. to take up, i.e., continue a discourse; mentally assume (presume).
ORIGINS “assume” see SUMPTION, paragraph 2.
Sumption. L. sumere (pp sumptus) to take upon (oneself), to take charge of, hence to undertake, to take by choice. adsumere (assumere) to take (ad) to oneself, to borrow.
THOUGHTS: Jesus mentally assumes the Mind of Christ. By choice he agrees with everything Mind tells him. He no longer listens to mortal suggestions or theories of physics. He is a metaphysician. He is a follower (image) of Mind.
“I will listen for Thy voice. I will follow . . .all the (infinite) way.”
ACTS 1:10, 11 THE TWO MEN IN WHITE
While they were still gazing up into the sky, as Jesus went, even behold, two men stood by them in white clothing, who also said,
Men, Galileans, why do you stand looking into the heaven?
This Jesus, the (one) being taken from you into heaven,
thus will come in the way you beheld him going into heaven.
THOUGHTS: Two men = two witnesses = two angels (white, leukos 3022 = light). Not only did they see Jesus “go into heaven” (repeated THREE TIMES signifying a transformative experience), but these angelic visitors are perhaps included to confirm what the disciples saw.
The idea of a circuit is suggested by the angel’s language: as he “is taken,” thus he will come (again).
Taken, G353, analambano, [303 + 2983] to take up: -- receive up, take (in, into, up).
lambano, 2983, to take, to get hold of: -- accept, bring, when I call, come on (unto), have, hold, obtain, be amazed, assay, forget, take (away, up).
ana, 303, up, but (by extension) used (distributively) severally, or (locally) at; in compounds (as a prefix) it often means (by implication) repetition, intensity, reversal, etc.: -- through, by, in, each, every (man), apiece, and.
Galilee, Heb. 1551, galil or galila, same as 1550; A CIRCLE (with the article); Galil (as a special CIRCUIT): -- Galilee.
Heb. 1550 from 1556, a VALVE or FOLDING DOOR (as turning); also a RING (as ROUND): -- folding, ring.
Heb. 1556, galal, TO ROLL, lit. or fig.: -- commit, remove, roll, roll away, roll down, ROLL TOGETHER, run down, see occasion, TRUST, wallow.
NOTE: In the story of Jacob’s struggle with himself, the word “wrestle” in Hebrew means to “WALLOW in the dust.”
THOUGHTS: So, when the angel calls the men “Galileans” he is referring to a “special circuit” ---- THE “circle.” This idea will be touched upon again after the next sentence when the disciples “RETURN” to Jerusalem. [turn = to move circularly]
ACTS 1: 12
Then they returned to Jerusalem from the hill called Olivet, which is about three-quarters of a mile from the city.
KJV: . . . which is from Jerusalem a sabbath’s days journey.
Returned, 5290, hypostrepho; to turn under (behind), i.e. return: -- come again, return (again, back again), turn back again. [5259 + 4762]
ORIGINS: Turn, to MOVE CIRCULARLY; L. tonare, to fashion in a lathe, to round off, hence to turn; from L. tornus, a lathe. Gr. tornos, a turner’s or carpenter’s tool for rounding off this or that object, hence a circuit, hence a CIRCLE. IE ter -- to RUB, e.g. SHAPE BY RUBBING.
Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved. Psm 80:3.
(“Turn us again”, 7725, sub)
Turn, Heb. 7725, sub, to turn back, hence away, not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point; generally retreat; adverbially, again: -- again, break again, circumcise again, build again, dig again, do anything again, restore, reverse, refresh, reward, answer, etc., etc., etc. turn self again, rescue . . .
AGAIN,
Sabbath, Heb. 7676 from 7673, sabat, to repose, i.e. desist from exertion: -- cease, make to rest, still, take away, put away, suffer to be lacking, rid.
Oil. Consecration, heavenly inspiration.
Mount, oros, 3735, to rise or rear; a mountain (as lifting itself above the plain).
RECAP: Then they returned to heaven (by) heavenly inspiration, and rested there.
ACTS 1:13
When they entered (Jerusalem), they went to the upper room where they were waiting: both Peter and John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alpheus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of James.
RECAP: And when they entered the house [the consciousness of God][Jerusalem][Home], they walked in exceeding abundance, where were abiding [Peter, et al]
entered, 1525, eiserchomai, from 1519 + 2064, to enter: -- arise, come (in, into), enter in, enter into, go in (through).
went up, 305, anabaino, from 303 (ana, up, repetition, intensity, reversal) + 939 (baino, to WALK; a pace; the foot:-- foot.
to, 1519, eis, to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of (place or time), or purpose: -- abundant, far more exceeding, continual, to the intent that, of one mind, of, on,......
upper room, 5253, hyperoon, derivative of 5228 (hyper, over, above, beyond, across, or causal, for the sake of, instead, regarding; with the accusative superior to, more than. In compounds, it retains many of the above implications:-- EXCEEDING ABUNDANT above, in or on behalf of, very chiefest, concerning, exceeding (above), for the sake of, in stead, than, to, toward, very);
a higher part of the house, i.e. apartment in the 3rd story; -- upper chamber (room).
waiting (abiding--KJV), 2650, katameno, from 2596 + 3306, to stay fully, i.e. reside:-- ABIDE.
ACTS 1:14
These all were continuing steadfastly in prayer and in supplication with one mind, with the women, and with Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.
RECAP: They were
continuing steadfastly, 4342, proskartereo, from 4314 (pros, in compounds it denotes motion towards, accession to, or nearness at: -- to youward, at thy house, nigh unto, to the end that, together, unto, WITH) + 2594 (kartereo, derived from 2904; to be strong, i.e. steadfast (patient): -- endure);
to be earnest towards, i.e. (to a thing) to perservere, be constantly diligent, or (in a place) to attend assiduously all the exercises, or (to a person) to adhere closely to (as a servitor): -- CONTINUE INSTANT WITH, WAIT ON CONTINUALLY, GIVE SELF CONTINUALLY.
with one mind, 3661, homothymadon, from 3674 + 2372 (thymos, PASSION (as if breathing hard):---FIERCENESS, indignation, wrath); unanimously:-- with one accord (mind).
in prayer, 4335, proseuche from 4314 (pros, to youward) + 2172 (euchomai, to wish: -- prayer, vow); prayer (worship); by implication an oratory (chapel): -- pray earnestly, prayer
and in supplication, 1162, deesis from 1189 (deomai middle of 1210; to beg (as binding oneself); a petition: --- prayer, request, supplication.
1210 deo, to bind: -- be in bonds, knit, tie, wind.
with (4862, syn, union; with or together; in compounds, completeness)
the women, 1135, GYNE, prob. from the base of 1096 (ginomai, to cause to be (generate); to come into being:--- arise, be assembled, be, become, be brought to pass, continue, follow, be fulfilled, grow, happen, be kept, be married, be ordained to be, be performed, be published, will, would, be wrought.); a woman, specifically, a wife: --- wife, woman.
and Mary, 3137,
the mother, 3384,
of Jesus, 2424, (H.3091, Jehoshua, Jehovah saves)
and his brothers, 80,
Matthias, Heb. 4993, Mattiyahu, 4991 mattat (gift) + Yah (3050) contraction of 3068 (YHWH the self-Existent or eternal) Lord: “the gift of God”
Joseph, Heb. yosep, let him add (or perhaps simply adding).
Peter, 4074, rock (petros)
James, 2385, Jacob, Heb. 3290
John, 2491, Heb 3110
Andrew, 406, a man, or manly
Philip, 5376, fond of horses
Thomas, 2381, the twin [cf H. 8380]
Bartholomew, 918, H.1247 + H.8526]
Matthew, 3156, [H.3151]
James, 2385 the son of Alpheus, 256, [H.2501]
Simon, 4613, [H.8095] the Zealot, 2208, partisan for Jewish independence
Judas, 2455, [H.3063] yehuda, from 3034, yada, to use, the brother of James, 2385
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