13And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James.
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And there were many lights in the upper chamber, where they were gathered together.
And he shall shew you a large upper room furnished: there make ready.
And he will shew you a large upper room furnished and prepared: there make ready for us.
And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.
And Simon he surnamed Peter; …
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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…
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