Acts 1:7 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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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.

Acts 1:7 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 24:36
But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
1 Thessalonians 5:1-2
But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. …
Mark 13:32
But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.
Deuteronomy 29:29
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.
Mark 10:40
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.

Topics

Chosen, or Elected Contingencies Decrees, Divine Election Foreordination God Ignorance Jesus, the Christ

Commentary

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.…

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

(vv. 7)

6-8. wilt thou at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?--Doubtless their carnal views of Messiah’s kingdom had by this time been modified, though how far it is impossible to say. But, as they plainly looked for some restoration of the kingdom to Israel, so they are neither rebuked nor contradicted on this point.