Acts 1:13

Syriac Peshitta (NT Only)

ܘܡܶܢ ܒ݁ܳܬ݂ܰܪ ܕ݁ܥܰܠܘ ܣܠܶܩܘ ܠܗܽܘܢ ܠܥܶܠܺܝܬ݂ܳܐ ܗܳܝ ܕ݁ܗܳܘܶܝܢ ܗ݈ܘܰܘ ܒ݁ܳܗ ܦ݁ܶܛܪܳܘܣ ܘܝܽܘܚܰܢܳܢ ܘܝܰܥܩܽܘܒ݂ ܘܰܐܢܕ݁ܪܶܐܘܳܣ ܘܦ݂ܺܝܠܺܝܦ݁ܳܘܣ ܘܬ݂ܳܐܘܡܰܐ ܘܡܰܬ݁ܰܝ ܘܒ݂ܰܪ‌ܬ݁ܽܘܠܡܰܝ ܘܝܰܥܩܽܘܒ݂ ܒ݁ܰܪ ܚܰܠܦ݂ܰܝ ܘܫܶܡܥܽܘܢ ܛܰܢܳܢܳܐ ܘܺܝܗܽܘܕ݂ܳܐ ܒ݁ܰܪ ܝܰܥܩܽܘܒ݂ ܀

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an: Acts 9:37-39, Acts 20:8, Mark 14:15, Luke 22:12

Peter: Acts 2:14, Acts 2:38, Acts 3:1-10, Acts 4:13, Acts 4:19, Acts 8:14-25, Acts 9:32-43, Acts 10:9-33, Acts 12:2, Acts 12:3, Acts 15:7-11, Matthew 4:18-22, Matthew 10:2-4, Mark 3:16-18, Mark 5:37, Mark 9:2, Mark 14:33, Luke 6:13-16, John 1:40-42, John 13:23-25, John 18:17, John 18:25-27, John 21:15-24, 1 John 1:1 - 1 John 5:21, 2 John 1:1-13, 3 John 1:1-14, Revelation 1:1-3

Philip: John 1:43-46, John 6:5-7, John 12:21, John 12:22, John 14:8, John 14:9

Thomas: John 11:16, John 20:26-29, John 21:2

Matthew: Matthew 9:9, Mark 2:14, Luke 5:27-29, Levi

James: Acts 12:17, Acts 15:13, 1 Corinthians 15:7, Galatians 1:19, Galatians 2:9, James 1:1

Alphaeus: Mark 2:14, Mark 3:18

Simon: Matthew 10:4, Mark 3:18, Canaanite, Luke 6:15

Judas: Matthew 10:3, Lebbaeus whose surname was Thaddaeus, Mark 3:18, Thaddaeus, Jude 1:1

Reciprocal: Malachi 3:16 - spake Matthew 28:16 - the eleven Mark 1:16 - Simon Mark 1:19 - James Mark 6:3 - Simon Luke 6:14 - Simon John 1:44 - Philip John 2:12 - and his brethren John 14:22 - Judas Acts 1:2 - the apostles Acts 2:46 - from house to house Acts 4:23 - they 1 Thessalonians 1:7 - in Hebrews 10:25 - forsaking

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Ver. 13 And when they were come in,.... "Into it", as the Arabic version reads; that is, into the city of Jerusalem, and into some house in that city; but what house it was is needless to inquire, since it cannot be known. Some think it was the house of John the Evangelist, whither he had taken Mary the mother of our Lord, John 19:27 which is not improbable: others, that it was the house of Mary, the mother of John Mark, where the disciples met for prayer when Peter was put into prison, Acts 12:12 others, that it was the house of Simon the leper; but his house was not at Jerusalem, but in Bethany, Matthew 26:6. Some have thought it was the house of Nicodemus, or of Joseph of Arimathea; but after all it seems most likely, that it was not any private house, but the temple into which the disciples immediately went, and where they continued; see

Luke 24:52 and Acts 2:46.

they went up into an upper room; which, if in a private house, they might choose for retirement and secrecy; and might be the same in which they had eaten the passover; and so a Syriac scholiast, in manuscript, on the place, says it was the same. It was usual to meet in upper rooms for devotion and religious conversation;

Acts 2:46- : though this upper room might be one of the chambers in the temple; for not only from the scriptural account of the temple, there were chambers round about it, and upper chambers; see 1 Kings 6:5 and one of these is called the chamber of Gemariah, in which Baruch read the prophecies of Jeremiah, Jeremiah 36:10 but also from the Jewish writings, in which frequent mention is made of the chamber Palhedrin, where the high priest was brought seven days before the day of atonement c; and the chamber of the counsellors d; and the chamber Gazith, where the sanhedrim sat; and the chamber of the house of Abtines e; and the chamber of wood; and the chamber of the lepers; and the chamber of the house of oil f; and the chamber of salt; and the chamber of Parvah; and the chamber of them that wash, besides others g. And into a chamber, or upper room in the temple they might be let by Joses Barnabas, a Levite, one of their own company, Acts 4:36 who might have the care of it, for they are said to be continually in the temple, Luke 24:53.

Where abode both Peter, and James, and John. The Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Ethiopic versions read, "Peter, and John, and James"; and so the Alexandrian copy. These were the three favourite disciples of Christ, and are often mentioned together, as here first;

and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew. The Syriac and Ethiopic versions put Matthew before Bartholomew.

James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas, the brother of James; all the Oriental versions read, "Judas the son of James": of the names of the apostles, Luke 24:53- :,

Luke 24:53- :,

Luke 24:53- :. They are all here mentioned but Judas the betrayer, who was dead, to show, that though one had disbelieved the resurrection of Christ, another had denied him, and all of them had forsook him, and fled; yet they were got together again, and were firm and steadfast in the faith of Christ, waiting for the pouring forth of the Spirit.

c Misn. Yoma, c. 1. sect. 1. d T. Bab. Yoma, fol. 8. 2. e Ib. fol. 19. 1. f Misn. Middot, c. 2. sect. 5. g Ib. c. 5. sect. 2, 3.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Were come in - To Jerusalem.

They went up into an upper room - The word ὑπερῷον huperoōn, here translated “upper room,” occurs only four times in the New Testament: Acts 9:37, “She (Dorcas) was sick and died; whom when they had washed, they laid her in an upper chamber” (see also Acts 9:39); Acts 20:8, “And there were many lights in the upper chamber where they were gathered together.” The room so designated was an upper chamber used for devotion, or as a place where to lay the dead before burial, or occasionally for conversation, etc. Here it evidently means the place where they were assembled for devotion. Luke 24:53 says they were continually “in the temple” praising and blessing God; and some have supposed that the upper room here designated was one of the rooms in the temple. But there is no evidence of that, and it is not very probable. Such a room as that here referred to was a part of every house, especially in Jerusalem; and the disciples probably selected one where they might be together, and yet so retired that they might be safe from the Jews. The expression used in Luke 24:53, “They were continually - διαπαντός diapantos - in the temple,” signifies no more than that this was a frequent or customary resort; they were always in the temple at the usual seasons of devotion, or they were in the constant habit of resorting thither. “Even DeWette allows that there is no discrepancy.”

Where abode - Where were remaining. This does not mean that this was their permanent habitation; but they remained there waiting for the descent of the Holy Spirit.

Peter ... - All the apostles were there which Jesus had at first chosen except Judas, Luke 6:13-16.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 1:13. They went up into an upper room — This was either a room in the temple, or in the house of one of the disciples, where this holy company was accustomed to meet. In Luke 24:53, it is said that, after their return from Mount Olivet, they were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God: it is probable, therefore, that the upper room mentioned in this verse is that apartment of the temple mentioned above. But still it is not certain that this place should be so understood; as we have the fullest proofs that the upper rooms in private houses were used for the purpose of reading the law, and conferring together on religious matters. See several proofs in Lightfoot. Add to this, that the room here mentioned seems to have been the place where all the apostles lodged, ου ησαν καταμενοντες, and therefore most probably a private house.