The Pulpit Commentary on Acts 1:10

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Were looking for looked, A.V.; into for toward, A.V.; went for went up, A.V. Two men. St. Luke describes them according to their appearance. They were really angels. In like manner, in Joshua 5:13 we read, "There stood a man over against him;" and in Genesis 18:2, Genesis 18:16; Genesis 19:10, Genesis 19:12, Genesis 19:16, we read of "the men;" and in 13:6, 13:8, 13:10, 13:11, of "the man of God;" the persons spoken of in all these cases being angels.

Gabriel, too, means "man of God." In white apparel, typical of perfect holiness, and of the glory which belongs to the inhabitants of heaven.

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