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Acts 1:6
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The cowboys gathered around him and asked, "Boss, are you fixin' to free Israel and give us a king again?"
So when they had come together, they were asking Him, saying, "Lord, is it at this time You are restoring the kingdom to Israel?"
So when they had come together, they were asking Him, saying, "Lord, is it at this time You are restoring the kingdom to Israel?"
So, when they were together, they said to him, Lord, will you at this time give back the kingdom to Israel?
They therefore, being come together, asked him saying, Lord, is it at this time that thou restorest the kingdom to Israel?
Therefore, when they had come together, they asked Him, saying, "Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?"
So when they had come together, they asked Him, "Lord, are You restoring the kingdom to Israel at this time?"
Therefore, when they had come together, they asked him, "Lord, are you now restoring the kingdom to Israel?"
And when they were come together, they asked him, saying, Lord, dost thou at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?
Once when they were with Him, they asked Him, "Master, is this the time at which you are about to restore the kingdom of Israel?"
When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore againe the kingdome to Israel?
Then, indeed, coming together they questioned Him, saying, Lord, do You restore the kingdom to Israel at this time?
Now whan they were come together, they axed him, and sayde: LORDE, shalt thou at this tyme set vp the kyngdome of Israel agayne?
Being therefore in his presence, they asked him, saying, Lord, is this the time when you will restore again the kingdom to Israel?
When they were together for the last time they asked, "Master, are you going to restore the kingdom to Israel now? Is this the time?"
So when they had come together, they asked Him repeatedly, "Lord, are You at this time reestablishing the kingdom and restoring it to Israel?"
They therefore, when they were come together, asked him, saying, Lord, dost thou at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?
So when they had come together, they asked him, "Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?"
When they were come togeder they axed of him sayinge: Lorde wilt thou at this tyme restore agayne ye kyngdome to Israel?
They therefore, when they had come together, asked him, saying, Lord, do you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?
When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?
They, therefore, indeed, having come together, were questioning him, saying, `Lord, dost thou at this time restore the reign to Israel?'
When the apostles were all together, they asked Jesus, "Lord, are you now going to give the kingdom back to Israel?"
So when they had gathered together, they began to ask him, "Lord, is this the time when you are restoring the kingdom to Israel?"
So when they came together, they asked Him, "Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?"
When they were together, they asked him, "Lord, are you at this time going to restore self-rule to Isra'el?"
So when they had come together, they asked him, "Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?"
When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lorde, wilt thou at this time restore the kingdome to Israel?
While they were assembled, they asked him, saying, Our LORD, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?
Therefore, when they had come together, they asked him, "Lord, are you now restoring the kingdom to Yisra'el?"
Now those who had come together began to ask him, "Lord, is this the time when you will restore the kingdom to Israel?"Isaiah 1:26; Daniel 7:27; Amos 9:11; Matthew 24:3;">[xr]
But they when assembled asked him, and said to him, Our Lord, at this time wilt thou restore [fn] the kingdom to Israel ?
And they, when assembled, asked him and said to him: Our Lord, wilt thou at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?
So when the apostles were with Jesus, they kept asking him, "Lord, has the time come for you to free Israel and restore our kingdom?"
Those who were with Him asked, "Lord, is this the time for You to give the nation back to the Jews?"
They therefore, when they were come together, asked him, saying, Lord, dost thou at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?
So when they had come together, they asked him, "Lord, is this the time when you will restore the kingdom to Israel?"
They, therefore, having come together, began to question him, saying - Lord! art thou at this time duly establishing the kingdom unto Israel?
They therefore who were come together, asked him, saying: Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom of Israel?
When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?
So when they had come together, they began asking him, saying, "Lord, is it at this time you are restoring the kingdom to Israel?"
When they therfore were come together, they asked of hym, saying: Lorde, wylt thou at this tyme restore agayne the kyngdome to Israel?
The apostles were all together. They asked Jesus, "Lord, is this the time for you to give the people of Israel their kingdom again?"
So, when they had come together, they began asking Him, saying, "Lord, is it at this time that You are restoring the kingdom to Israel?"
When the apostles met together with Jesus, they asked him, "Lord, will you at this time give the Kingdom back to Israel?"
Therfor thei that weren come to gidere, axiden hym, and seiden, Lord, whether in this time thou schalt restore the kingdom of Israel?
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Lord: Matthew 24:3, John 21:21
restore: Genesis 49:10, Isaiah 1:26, Isaiah 9:6, Isaiah 9:7, Jeremiah 23:5, Jeremiah 23:6, Jeremiah 33:15-17, Jeremiah 33:26, Ezekiel 37:24-27, Daniel 7:27, Hosea 3:4, Joel 3:16-21, Amos 9:11, Obadiah 1:17-21, Micah 5:2, Zephaniah 3:15-17, Zechariah 9:9, Matthew 20:21, Luke 22:29
Reciprocal: Mark 9:1 - the kingdom Mark 13:4 - General Luke 17:20 - when the Luke 19:11 - they thought Luke 21:7 - when Luke 24:21 - General Acts 3:19 - when
Cross-References
and named the light "Day" and the darkness "Night." Evening came and then morning—that was the first day.
The Second Day
God said, "I command a dome to separate the water above it from the water below it."And that's what happened. God made the dome
and named it "Sky." Evening came and then morning—that was the second day.
God said, "I command the earth to produce all kinds of plants, including fruit trees and grain." And that's what happened.
The earth produced all kinds of vegetation. God looked at what he had done, and it was good.
Evening came and then morning—that was the third day.
The Fourth Day
God said, "I command lights to appear in the sky and to separate day from night and to show the time for seasons, special days, and years.The Fifth Day
God said, "I command the ocean to be full of living creatures, and I command birds to fly above the earth."Then he gave the living creatures his blessing—he told the ocean creatures to live everywhere in the ocean and the birds to live everywhere on earth.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
When they therefore were come together,.... That is, Christ, and his eleven apostles; for not the hundred and twenty disciples hereafter mentioned, nor the five hundred brethren Christ appeared to at once, are here intended, but the apostles, as appears from Acts 1:2
they asked of him, saying, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? The kingdom had been for some time taken away from the Jews, Judea was reduced to a Roman province, and was now actually under the power of a Roman governor. And the nation in general was in great expectation, that upon the Messiah's coming they should be delivered from the yoke of the Romans, and that the son of David would be king over them. The disciples of Christ had imbibed the same notions, and were in the same expectation of a temporal kingdom to be set up by their master, as is evident from
Matthew 20:21 and though his sufferings and death had greatly damped their spirits, and almost destroyed their hopes, see Luke 24:21 yet his resurrection from the dead, and his discoursing with them about the kingdom of God, and ordering them to wait at Jerusalem, the metropolis of that nation, for some thing extraordinary, revived their hopes, and emboldened them to put this question to him: and this general expectation of the Jews is expressed by them in the same language as here;
"the days of the Messiah will be the time when לישראל
שתשוב המלכות, "the kingdom shall return", or "be restored to Israel"; and they shall return to the land of Israel, and that king shall be exceeding great, and the house of his kingdom shall be in Zion, and his name shall be magnified, and his fame shall fill the Gentiles more than King Solomon; all nations shall be at peace with him, and all lands shall serve him, because of his great righteousness, and the wonderful things which shall be done by him; and whoever rises up against him God will destroy, and he shall deliver him into his hands; and all the passages of Scripture testify of his and our prosperity with him; and there shall be no difference in anything from what it is now, only "the kingdom shall return to Israel" i.''
i Maimon. in Misn. Sanhedrin, c. 11. sect. 1.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
When they therefore were come together - At the Mount of Olives. See Acts 1:9, Acts 1:12.
Wilt thou at this time ... - The apostles had entertained the common opinions of the Jews about the temporal dominion of the Messiah. They expected that he would reign as a prince and conqueror, and would free them from the bondage of the Romans. Many instances where this expectation is referred to occur in the gospels, notwithstanding all the efforts which the Lord Jesus made to explain to them the true nature of his kingdom. This expectation was checked, and almost destroyed by his death Luke 24:21, and it is clear that his death was the only means which could effectually change their opinions on this subject. Even his own instructions would not do it; and nothing but his being taken from them could direct their minds effectually to the true nature of his kingdom. Yet, though his death checked their expectations, and appeared to thwart their plans, his return to life excited them again. They beheld him with them; they were assured that it was the same Saviour; they saw now that his enemies had no power over him; they could not doubt that a being who could rise from the dead could easily accomplish all his plans. And as they did not doubt now that he would restore the kingdom to Israel, they asked whether he would do it at that time? They did not ask whether he would do it at all, or whether they had correct views of his kingdom; but, taking that for granted, they asked him whether that was the time in which he would do it. The emphasis of the inquiry lies in the expression, “at this time,” and hence, the answer of the Saviour refers solely to the point of their inquiry, and not to the correctness or incorrectness of their opinions. From these expectations of the apostles we may learn:
- That there is nothing so difficult to be removed from the mind as prejudice in favor of erroneous opinions.
(2)That such prejudice will survive the plainest proofs to the contrary.
(3)That it will often manifest itself even after all proper means have been taken to subdue it. Erroneous opinions thus maintain a secret ascendency in a man’s mind, and are revived by the slightest circumstances, even long after it was supposed that they were overcome, and in the face of the plainest proofs of reason or of Scripture.
Restore - Bring back; put into its former situation. Judea was formerly governed by its own kings and laws; now, it was subject to the Romans. This bondage was grievous, and the nation sighed for deliverance. The inquiry of the apostles evidently was, whether he would now free them from the bondage of the Romans, and restore them to their former state of freedom and prosperity, as in the times of David and Solomon. See Isaiah 1:26. The word “restore” also may include more than a reducing it to its former state. It may mean, wilt thou now bestow the kingdom and dominion to Israel, according to the prediction in Daniel 7:27?
The kingdom - The dominion; the empire; the reign. The expectation was that the Messiah the king of Israel would reign over people, and that thus the nation of the Jews would extend their empire over all the earth.
To Israel - To the Jews, and particularly to the Jewish followers of the Messiah. Lightfoot thinks that this question was asked in indignation against the Jews. “Wilt thou confer dominion on a nation which has just put thee to death?” But the answer of the Saviour shows that this was not the design of the question.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Acts 1:6. When they therefore were come together — It is very likely that this is to be understood of their assembling on one of the mountains of Galilee, and there meeting our Lord.
At this time restore again the kingdom — That the disciples, in common with the Jews, expected the Messiah's kingdom to be at least in part secular, I have often had occasion to note. In this opinion they continued less or more till the day of pentecost; when the mighty outpouring of the Holy Spirit taught them the spiritual nature of the kingdom of Christ. The kingdom had now for a considerable time been taken away from Israel; the Romans, not the Israelites, had the government. The object of the disciples' question seems to have been this: to gain information, from their all-knowing Master, whether the time was now fully come, in which the Romans should be thrust out, and Israel made, as formerly, an independent kingdom. But though the verb αποκαθιστανειν signifies to reinstate, to renew, to restore to a former state or master, of which numerous examples occur in the best Greek writers, yet it has also another meaning, as Schoettgen has here remarked, viz. of ending, abolishing, blotting out: so Hesychius says, αποκαταστασις is the same as τελειωσις, finishing, making an end of a thing. And Hippocrates, Aph. vi. 49, uses it to signify the termination of a disease. On this interpretation the disciples may be supposed to ask, having recollected our Lord's prediction of the destruction of Jerusalem, and the whole Jewish commonwealth, Lord, Wilt thou at this time destroy the Jewish commonwealth, which opposes thy truth, that thy kingdom may be set up over all the land? This interpretation agrees well with all the parts of our Lord's answer, and with all circumstances of the disciples, of time, and of place; but, still, the first is most probable.
