INTRODUCTION--LAST DAYS OF OUR LORD UPON EARTH--HIS ASCENSION. (Act 1:1-11) former treatise--Luke's Gospel. Theophilus--(See on Luk 1:3). began to do and teach--a very important statement, dividing the work of Christ …
1En el primer tratado, oh Teófilo, hablé acerca de todas las cosas que Jesús comenzó a hacer y a enseñar,
2hasta el día en que fue recibido arriba, después de haber dado mandamientos por el Espíritu Santo a los apóstoles que había escogido;
3a quienes también, después de haber padecido, se presentó vivo con muchas pruebas indubitables, apareciéndoseles durante cuarenta días y hablándoles acerca del reino de Dios.
4Y estando juntos, les mandó que no se fueran de Jerusalén, sino que esperasen la promesa del Padre, la cual, les dijo, oísteis de mí.
5Porque Juan ciertamente bautizó con agua, mas vosotros seréis bautizados con el Espíritu Santo dentro de no muchos días.
6Entonces los que se habían reunido le preguntaron, diciendo: Señor, ¿restaurarás el reino a Israel en este tiempo?
7Y les dijo: No os toca a vosotros saber los tiempos o las sazones, que el Padre puso en su sola potestad;
8pero recibiréis poder, cuando haya venido sobre vosotros el Espíritu Santo, y me seréis testigos en Jerusalén, en toda Judea, en Samaria, y hasta lo último de la tierra.
9Y habiendo dicho estas cosas, viéndolo ellos, fue alzado, y le recibió una nube que le ocultó de sus ojos.
10Y estando ellos con los ojos puestos en el cielo, entre tanto que él se iba, he aquí se pusieron junto a ellos dos varones con vestiduras blancas,
11los cuales también les dijeron: Varones galileos, ¿por qué estáis mirando al cielo? Este mismo Jesús, que ha sido tomado de vosotros al cielo, así vendrá como le habéis visto ir al cielo.
12Entonces volvieron a Jerusalén desde el monte que se llama del Olivar, el cual está cerca de Jerusalén, camino de un día de reposo.
13Y entrados, subieron al aposento alto, donde moraban Pedro y Jacobo, Juan, Andrés, Felipe, Tomás, Bartolomé, Mateo, Jacobo hijo de Alfeo, Simón el Zelote y Judas hermano de Jacobo.
14Todos estos perseveraban unánimes en oración y ruego, con las mujeres, y con María la madre de Jesús, y con sus hermanos.
15En aquellos días Pedro se levantó en medio de los hermanos (y los reunidos eran como ciento veinte en número), y dijo:
16Varones hermanos, era necesario que se cumpliese la Escritura en que el Espíritu Santo habló antes por boca de David acerca de Judas, que fue guía de los que prendieron a Jesús,
17y era contado con nosotros, y tenía parte en este ministerio.
18Este, pues, con el salario de su iniquidad adquirió un campo, y cayendo de cabeza, se reventó por la mitad, y todas sus entrañas se derramaron.
19Y fue notorio a todos los habitantes de Jerusalén, de tal manera que aquel campo se llama en su propia lengua, Acéldama, que quiere decir, Campo de sangre.
20Porque está escrito en el libro de los Salmos: Sea hecha desierta su habitación, Y no haya quien more en ella; y: Tome otro su oficio.
21Es necesario, pues, que de estos hombres que han estado juntos con nosotros todo el tiempo que el Señor Jesús entraba y salía entre nosotros,
22comenzando desde el bautismo de Juan hasta el día en que de entre nosotros fue recibido arriba, uno sea hecho testigo con nosotros, de su resurrección.
23Y señalaron a dos: a José, llamado Barsabás, que tenía por sobrenombre Justo, y a Matías.
24Y orando, dijeron: Tú, Señor, que conoces los corazones de todos, muestra cuál de estos dos has escogido,
25para que tome la parte de este ministerio y apostolado, de que cayó Judas por transgresión, para irse a su propio lugar.
26Y les echaron suertes, y la suerte cayó sobre Matías; y fue contado con los once apóstoles.
JAMIESON-FAUSSET-BROWN BIBLE COMMENTARY
I
Versículo 2
I. after that he, through the Holy Ghost, had given commandments, &c.--referring to the charge recor…
after that he, through the Holy Ghost, had given commandments, &c.--referring to the charge recorded in Mat 28:18-20; Mar 16:15-18; Luk 24:44-49. It is worthy of notice that nowhere else are such communications of the risen Redeemer said to have been given "through the Holy Ghost." In general, this might have been said of all He uttered and all He did in His official character; for it was for this very end that God "gave not the Spirit by measure unto Him" (Joh 3:34). But after His resurrection, as if to signify the new relation in which He now stood to the Church, He signalized His first meeting with the assembled disciples by breathing on them (immediately after dispensing to them His peace) and saying, "Receive ye the Holy Ghost" (Joh 20:22) thus anticipating the donation of the Spirit from His hands (see on Joh 20:21-22); and on the same principle His parting charges are here said to have been given "through the Holy Ghost," as if to mark that He was now all redolent with the Spirit; that what had been husbanded, during His suffering work, for His own necessary uses, had now been set free, was already overflowing from Himself to His disciples, and needed but His ascension and glorification to flow all forth. (See on Joh 7:39.)
II
Versículo 3
II. showed himself alive--As the author is about to tell us that "the resurrection of the Lord Jesus"…
showed himself alive--As the author is about to tell us that "the resurrection of the Lord Jesus" was the great burden of apostolic preaching, so the subject is here filly introduced by an allusion to the primary evidence on which that great fact rests, the repeated and undeniable manifestations of Himself in the body to the assembled disciples, who, instead of being predisposed to believe it, had to be overpowered by the resistless evidence of their own senses, and were slow of yielding even to this (Mar 16:14).
after his passion--or, suffering. This primary sense of the word "passion" has fallen into disuse; but it is nobly consecrated in the phraseology of the Church to express the Redeemer's final endurances.
seen of them forty days--This important specification of time occurs here only.
speaking of--rather "speaking."
the things pertaining to the kingdom of God--till now only in germ, but soon to take visible form; the earliest and the latest burden of His teaching on earth.
III
Versículo 4
III. should not depart from Jerusalem--because the Spirit was to glorify the existing economy, by desc…
should not depart from Jerusalem--because the Spirit was to glorify the existing economy, by descending on the disciples at its metropolitan seat, and at the next of its great festivals after the ascension of the Church's Head; in order that "out of Zion might go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem" (Isa 2:3; and compare Luk 24:49).
IV
Versículo 5
IV. ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence--ten days hence, as appears from Lev…
ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence--ten days hence, as appears from Lev 23:15-16; but it was expressed thus indefinitely to exercise their faith.
V
Versículo 6
V. wilt thou at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?--Doubtless their carnal views of Messiah's …
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.
VI
Versículo 7
VI. It is not for you to know the times, &c.--implying not only that this was not the time, but that …
It is not for you to know the times, &c.--implying not only that this was not the time, but that the question was irrelevant to their present business and future work.
VII
Versículo 8
VII. receive power--See Luk 24:49.
receive power--See Luk 24:49.
and ye shall be witnesses unto me . . . in Jerusalem . . . in all Judea . . . and unto the uttermost part of the earth--This order of apostolic preaching and success supplies the proper key to the plan of the Acts, which relates first the progress of the Gospel "in Jerusalem, and all Judea and Samaria" (the first through ninth chapters), and then "unto the uttermost part of the earth" (the tenth through twenty-eighth chapters).
VIII
Versículo 9
VIII. while they beheld, he was taken up--See on Luk 24:50-53. Lest it should be thought He had disappe…
while they beheld, he was taken up--See on Luk 24:50-53. Lest it should be thought He had disappeared when they were looking in some other direction, and so was only concluded to have gone up to heaven, it is here expressly said that "while they were looking He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight." So Elijah, "If thou see me when I am taken from thee" (Kg2 2:10); "And Elisha saw it" (Act 1:12). (See on Luk 9:32.)
IX
Versículo 10
IX. while they looked steadfastly toward heaven--following Him with their eager eyes, in rapt amazeme…
while they looked steadfastly toward heaven--following Him with their eager eyes, in rapt amazement. Not, however, as a mere fact is this recorded, but as a part of that resistless evidence of their senses on which their whole subsequent testimony was to be borne.
two men in white apparel--angels in human form, as in Luk 24:4.
X
Versículo 11
X. Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven, &c.--"as if your now glorified Head were g…
Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven, &c.--"as if your now glorified Head were gone from you never to return: He is coming again; not another, but 'this same Jesus'; and 'as ye have seen Him go, in the like manner shall He come'--as personally, as visibly, as gloriously; and let the joyful expectation of this coming swallow up the sorrow of that departure."
XI
Versículo 12
XI. RETURN OF THE ELEVEN TO JERUSALEM--PROCEEDINGS IN THE UPPER ROOM TILL PENTECOST. (Act 1:12-26)
RETURN OF THE ELEVEN TO JERUSALEM--PROCEEDINGS IN THE UPPER ROOM TILL PENTECOST. (Act 1:12-26)
a sabbath day's journey--about two thousand cubits.
XII
Versículo 13
XII. went up into an upper room--perhaps the same "large upper room" where with their Lord they had ce…
went up into an upper room--perhaps the same "large upper room" where with their Lord they had celebrated the last Passover and the first Supper (Luk 22:12).
where abode--not lodged, but had for their place of rendezvous.
Peter, &c.--(See on Mat 10:2-4).
XIII
Versículo 14
XIII. continued with one accord--knit by a bond stronger than death.
continued with one accord--knit by a bond stronger than death.
in prayer and supplication--for the promised baptism, the need of which in their orphan state would be increasingly felt.
and Mary the mother of Jesus--distinguished from the other "women," but "so as to exclude the idea of her having any pre-eminence over the disciples. We find her with the rest in prayer to her glorified Son" [WEBSTER and WILKINSON]. This is the last mention of her in the New Testament. The fable of the Assumption of the Virgin has no foundation even in tradition [ALFORD].
with his brethren--(See on Joh 7:3).
XIV
Versículo 15
XIV. in those days--of expectant prayer, and probably towards the close of them, when the nature of th…
in those days--of expectant prayer, and probably towards the close of them, when the nature of their future work began more clearly to dawn upon them, and the Holy Ghost, already "breathed" on the Eleven (Joh 20:22), was stirring in Peter, who was to be the leading spirit of the infant community (Mat 16:19).
the number . . . about an hundred and twenty--Many, therefore, of the "five hundred brethren" who saw their risen Lord "at once" (Co1 15:6), must have remained in Galilee.
XV
Versículo 18
XV. falling headlong, &c.--This information supplements, but by no means contradicts, what is said in…
falling headlong, &c.--This information supplements, but by no means contradicts, what is said in Mat 27:5.
16
Versículo 20
16. his bishopric--or "charge." The words are a combination of Psa 69:25 and Psa 109:8; in which the …
his bishopric--or "charge." The words are a combination of Psa 69:25 and Psa 109:8; in which the apostle discerns a greater than David, and a worse than Ahithophel and his fellow conspirators against David.
17
Versículo 21
17. all the time the Lord Jesus went in and out among us--in the close intimacies of a three years' p…
all the time the Lord Jesus went in and out among us--in the close intimacies of a three years' public life.
18
Versículo 22
18. Beginning from the baptism of John--by whom our Lord was not only Himself baptized, but first off…
Beginning from the baptism of John--by whom our Lord was not only Himself baptized, but first officially announced and introduced to his own disciples.
unto that same day when he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection--How clearly is the primary office of the apostles here expressed: (1) to testify, from personal observation, to the one great fact of "the resurrection of the Lord Jesus"; (2) to show how this glorified His whole previous life, of which they were constant observers, and established His divine claims.
19
Versículo 23
19. they appointed--"put up" in nomination; meaning not the Eleven but the whole company, of whom Pet…
they appointed--"put up" in nomination; meaning not the Eleven but the whole company, of whom Peter was the spokesman.
two--The choice would lie between a very few.
20
Versículo 24
20. prayed and said, Thou, Lord, &c.--"The word 'Lord,' placed absolutely, denotes in the New Testame…
prayed and said, Thou, Lord, &c.--"The word 'Lord,' placed absolutely, denotes in the New Testament almost universally THE SON; and the words, 'Show whom Thou hast chosen,' are decisive. The apostles are just Christ's messengers: It is He that sends them, and of Him they bear witness. Here, therefore, we have the first example of a prayer offered to the exalted Redeemer; furnishing indirectly the strongest proof of His divinity" [OLSHAUSEN].
which knowest the hearts of all men--See Joh 2:24-25; Joh 21:15-17; Rev 2:23.
21
Versículo 25
21. that he might go to his own place--A euphemistic or softened expression of the awful future of th…
that he might go to his own place--A euphemistic or softened expression of the awful future of the traitor, implying not only destined habitation but congenial element.
22
Versículo 26
22. was numbered--"voted in" by general suffrage.
was numbered--"voted in" by general suffrage.
with the eleven apostles--completing the broken Twelve.
Next: Acts Chapter 2
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Acts — Capítulo 1
INTRODUCTION--LAST DAYS OF OUR LORD UPON EARTH--HIS ASCENSION. (Act 1:1-11) former treatise--Luke's Gospel. Theophilus--(See on Luk 1:3). began to do and teach--a very important statement, dividing the work of Christ …
Texto — Reina-Valera 1960
1En el primer tratado, oh Teófilo, hablé acerca de todas las cosas que Jesús comenzó a hacer y a enseñar,
2hasta el día en que fue recibido arriba, después de haber dado mandamientos por el Espíritu Santo a los apóstoles que había escogido;
3a quienes también, después de haber padecido, se presentó vivo con muchas pruebas indubitables, apareciéndoseles durante cuarenta días y hablándoles acerca del reino de Dios.
4Y estando juntos, les mandó que no se fueran de Jerusalén, sino que esperasen la promesa del Padre, la cual, les dijo, oísteis de mí.
5Porque Juan ciertamente bautizó con agua, mas vosotros seréis bautizados con el Espíritu Santo dentro de no muchos días.
6Entonces los que se habían reunido le preguntaron, diciendo: Señor, ¿restaurarás el reino a Israel en este tiempo?
7Y les dijo: No os toca a vosotros saber los tiempos o las sazones, que el Padre puso en su sola potestad;
8pero recibiréis poder, cuando haya venido sobre vosotros el Espíritu Santo, y me seréis testigos en Jerusalén, en toda Judea, en Samaria, y hasta lo último de la tierra.
9Y habiendo dicho estas cosas, viéndolo ellos, fue alzado, y le recibió una nube que le ocultó de sus ojos.
10Y estando ellos con los ojos puestos en el cielo, entre tanto que él se iba, he aquí se pusieron junto a ellos dos varones con vestiduras blancas,
11los cuales también les dijeron: Varones galileos, ¿por qué estáis mirando al cielo? Este mismo Jesús, que ha sido tomado de vosotros al cielo, así vendrá como le habéis visto ir al cielo.
12Entonces volvieron a Jerusalén desde el monte que se llama del Olivar, el cual está cerca de Jerusalén, camino de un día de reposo.
13Y entrados, subieron al aposento alto, donde moraban Pedro y Jacobo, Juan, Andrés, Felipe, Tomás, Bartolomé, Mateo, Jacobo hijo de Alfeo, Simón el Zelote y Judas hermano de Jacobo.
14Todos estos perseveraban unánimes en oración y ruego, con las mujeres, y con María la madre de Jesús, y con sus hermanos.
15En aquellos días Pedro se levantó en medio de los hermanos (y los reunidos eran como ciento veinte en número), y dijo:
16Varones hermanos, era necesario que se cumpliese la Escritura en que el Espíritu Santo habló antes por boca de David acerca de Judas, que fue guía de los que prendieron a Jesús,
17y era contado con nosotros, y tenía parte en este ministerio.
18Este, pues, con el salario de su iniquidad adquirió un campo, y cayendo de cabeza, se reventó por la mitad, y todas sus entrañas se derramaron.
19Y fue notorio a todos los habitantes de Jerusalén, de tal manera que aquel campo se llama en su propia lengua, Acéldama, que quiere decir, Campo de sangre.
20Porque está escrito en el libro de los Salmos: Sea hecha desierta su habitación, Y no haya quien more en ella; y: Tome otro su oficio.
21Es necesario, pues, que de estos hombres que han estado juntos con nosotros todo el tiempo que el Señor Jesús entraba y salía entre nosotros,
22comenzando desde el bautismo de Juan hasta el día en que de entre nosotros fue recibido arriba, uno sea hecho testigo con nosotros, de su resurrección.
23Y señalaron a dos: a José, llamado Barsabás, que tenía por sobrenombre Justo, y a Matías.
24Y orando, dijeron: Tú, Señor, que conoces los corazones de todos, muestra cuál de estos dos has escogido,
25para que tome la parte de este ministerio y apostolado, de que cayó Judas por transgresión, para irse a su propio lugar.
26Y les echaron suertes, y la suerte cayó sobre Matías; y fue contado con los once apóstoles.
JAMIESON-FAUSSET-BROWN BIBLE COMMENTARY
Versículo 2
I. after that he, through the Holy Ghost, had given commandments, &c.--referring to the charge recor…
Versículo 3
II. showed himself alive--As the author is about to tell us that "the resurrection of the Lord Jesus"…
Versículo 4
III. should not depart from Jerusalem--because the Spirit was to glorify the existing economy, by desc…
Versículo 5
IV. ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence--ten days hence, as appears from Lev…
Versículo 6
V. wilt thou at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?--Doubtless their carnal views of Messiah's …
Versículo 7
VI. It is not for you to know the times, &c.--implying not only that this was not the time, but that …
Versículo 8
VII. receive power--See Luk 24:49.
Versículo 9
VIII. while they beheld, he was taken up--See on Luk 24:50-53. Lest it should be thought He had disappe…
Versículo 10
IX. while they looked steadfastly toward heaven--following Him with their eager eyes, in rapt amazeme…
Versículo 11
X. Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven, &c.--"as if your now glorified Head were g…
Versículo 12
XI. RETURN OF THE ELEVEN TO JERUSALEM--PROCEEDINGS IN THE UPPER ROOM TILL PENTECOST. (Act 1:12-26)
Versículo 13
XII. went up into an upper room--perhaps the same "large upper room" where with their Lord they had ce…
Versículo 14
XIII. continued with one accord--knit by a bond stronger than death.
Versículo 15
XIV. in those days--of expectant prayer, and probably towards the close of them, when the nature of th…
Versículo 18
XV. falling headlong, &c.--This information supplements, but by no means contradicts, what is said in…
Versículo 20
16. his bishopric--or "charge." The words are a combination of Psa 69:25 and Psa 109:8; in which the …
Versículo 21
17. all the time the Lord Jesus went in and out among us--in the close intimacies of a three years' p…
Versículo 22
18. Beginning from the baptism of John--by whom our Lord was not only Himself baptized, but first off…
Versículo 23
19. they appointed--"put up" in nomination; meaning not the Eleven but the whole company, of whom Pet…
Versículo 24
20. prayed and said, Thou, Lord, &c.--"The word 'Lord,' placed absolutely, denotes in the New Testame…
Versículo 25
21. that he might go to his own place--A euphemistic or softened expression of the awful future of th…
Versículo 26
22. was numbered--"voted in" by general suffrage.