“And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.”
He said to them: It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority — Jesus explicitly closes off chronological speculation about the end times (chronoi, appointed seasons; kairoi, the right moment). The Father's authority (exousia) over timing is absolute and inscrutable; this is not information given even to the risen Christ to share. The epistemic boundary (not for you to know) is a consistent pattern in Jesus' teaching.
Church Fathers on Acts 1:7
When the disciples intend to ask anything, they approach Him together, that by dint of numbers they may abash Him into compliance. They well knew that in what He had said previously, Of that day knows no man Matthew 24:36, He had merely declined telling them: therefore they again drew near, and put the question. They would not have put it had they been truly satisfied with that answer. For having heard that they were about to receive the Holy Ghost, they, as being now worthy…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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