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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he said unto them, these are the words which I spake unto you,.... Or this is the substance of them, the sense and meaning of them; for what follows, we do not find any where expressed in so many words: while I was yet with you; that is, whilst he was in his state of humiliation, whilst he dwelt among them, and had his abode with them;...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me. Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures, and said unto them, Thus it is written, and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me. Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures, Good Master, do the same with us tonight!
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Then opened he their understanding,.... He not only opened their hearts, to attend to what he said, and the proofs he gave of his resurrection from the dead in a true body; but he removed the veil from the eyes of their minds, and gave them an understanding of the sacred writings, respecting this matter: that they might understand the Scriptures;...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he said unto them, thus it is written,.... In the above cited books of the Law, the Prophets, and the Psalms; not what after follows, in so many words, but the matter and substance thereof: and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day; it was necessary, both because of the decree and appointment of God, and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. This gospel message was to be proclaimed among all nations, “beginning at Jerusalem”, but not ending there. It has...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And that repentance and remission of sins,.... Which are the sum of the Gospel ministry; see Acts 20:21 the doctrine of "repentance" is not of the law, which neither requires, nor admits of it, but of the Gospel. The Persic version calls it, "the Gospel of repentance"; a doctrine preached by John the Baptist, Christ, and his apostles; and the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And ye are witnesses of these things. As they were witnesses of the truth of his humanity, having seen, and heard, and handled him, both before, and after his resurrection from the dead, and of all that he did, of all the miracles that he wrought in Jerusalem, Judea, and Galilee, and of his transfiguration on the mount; so likewise of his sorrows...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And ye are witnesses of these things. We also are called to be “witnesses of these things.” May the Lord make us to be faithful and true witnesses, for his name’s sake! Amen.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you,.... By which is meant the promise of the Spirit, called the promise of the Father, because he was promised by the Father to be sent, and poured on the saints in the times of the Messiah, Isaiah 44:3 and because Christ promised to pray the Father for him, and to send him from him; and that the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high. The promise of the Father was, as you know, the gift of the Holy Spirit. By this gift our Lord’s rising again into glory was celebrated. The Holy Spirit was the heavenly largess of the great King by which he did...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he led them out as far as Bethany,.... Not the town of Bethany; could that be thought, it might be supposed that he led his disciples thither, to pay a visit to his dear friends there, Lazarus, Mary, and Martha, before his ascension; but the town of Bethany was fifteen furlongs, or near two miles distance from Jerusalem, John 11:18 whereas the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he led them out as far as to Bethany,” — The ruling passion was strong in the hour of his departure. Well did he know that place, Bethany, — the place of love, where he had received a welcome such as he had experienced nowhere else on earth, — where lived Mary, and Martha, and Lazarus; — there did he bid “Good-bye” to his disciples. Luk_24:50....
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And it came to pass, while he blessed them,.... Just as he was finishing the words, by which he expressed the blessings he bestowed on them: he was parted from them; as Elijah was from Elisha: their spiritual and mystical union by him remained, which is indissoluble; nor was his gracious presence from them withdrawn; nor was this parting in anger...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven. And they worshipped him, — Then they were not Unitarians — “They worshipped him,” — and there were angels present at the time who would have been sure to have rebuked them if it had been a wrong thing for them to worship him. Indeed, they themselves,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And they worshipped him,.... Not with a civil worship, as he was sometimes worshipped by men, in the days of his flesh, who, though they took him for some extraordinary person, knew him not to be the Son of God; but with religious worship as God: for by his resurrection from the dead, Christ was declared to be the Son of God, and both by that, and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy: and were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And returned to Jerusalem with great joy: Back to the place of his murder, — back to the place where they were likely to be themselves murdered.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And were continually in the temple,.... At the time of worship, at the hours of prayer, or of public service; and perhaps always privately in an upper room in it, where they, with others, met frequently, and continued, with one accord, in prayer and supplication; [See comments on Acts 1:14], a practice worthy of imitation, whether in the public or...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen. So bold were they that the very central spot for the worship of Jehovah we made the place where Christ’s divine sovereignty was proclaimed. This exposition consisted of readings from Luk_24:49-53; and Act_1:1-12