7And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.
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But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. …
But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.
The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
But to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-11)In Jerusalem Christ, by his angel, had appointed his disciples to meet him in Galilee; there he appointed them to meet him in Jerusalem again, such a day. Thus he would try their obedience, and it was found ready and cheerful; they came together , as he appointed them, to be the witnesses of his ascension, of which we have here an account. Observe, I. The question they asked him at this interview.…
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