Acts 1:12 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹²Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey.

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Luke 24:52
And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy:
Matthew 21:1
And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples,
Luke 24:50
And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.
Matthew 24:3
And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
Zechariah 14:4
And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.

Topics

Jerusalem Olives, Mount of Olivet Sabbath Day's Journey

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 12-14)

We are here told, I. Whence Christ ascended— from the mount of Olives (Acts 1:12), from that part of it where the town of Bethany stood, Luke 24:50. There he began his sufferings (Luke 22:39), and therefore there he rolled away the reproach of them by his glorious ascension, and thus showed that his passion and his ascension had the same reference and tendency. Thus would he enter upon his kingdom…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 12)

12-14. a sabbath day’s journey--about two thousand cubits.