The Pulpit Commentary on Acts 1:22

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The day for that same day, A.V.; received for taken, A.V.; of these must one become for must one be ordained to be, A.V. Beginning belongs to the Lord Jesus. He began to go in and out among his apostles from the time that John baptized, and continued to do so till his ascension, the day that he was received up ("taken up" A.

V.), as in verse 11. This definition of the time of our Lord's public ministry exactly agrees with Matthew 4:12-25; Mark 1:1-45.; Luke 3:1-38., 4.; John 1:29-51. Must one become a witness, etc. The resurrection of Christ from the dead thus appears to be a cardinal doctrine of the gospel.

The whole truth of Christ's mission, the acceptance of his sacrifice, the consequent forgiveness of sins, and all man's hopes of eternal life, turn upon it. All the sermons of the apostles recorded in the Acts and the Epistles also agree with this (see Acts 2:1-47.

, 3., 4.; Acts 5:31, Acts 5:32; Acts 6:1-15 :56, 59; Acts 10:39-41; Acts 13:30, etc.; Romans 1:4; 1 Corinthians 15:4; 2 Corinthians 1:9, etc.; 1 Peter 1:1-25.3; 1 Peter 3:21,1 Peter 3:22; Revelation 1:5,etc.

). The great care taken to secure competent witnesses is very remarkable. A disciple who had recently joined the company might be mistaken; one who had been the daily companion of Jesus Christ for three years and a half, and knew every gesture and every feature of the Master with perfect certainty, could not be mistaken.

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