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Acts 1:9 — King James Version← Study notes

And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.


Acts 1:9Greek Interlinear

Greek · Acts 1:914 words
GreekMeaning
καὶkai
AndwordG2532
ταῦταtauta
these thingsdemonstrativeG3778
εἰπὼνeipōn
having saidverbG3004
βλεπόντωνblepontōn
when are lookingverbG991
αὐτῶνautōn
theypronounG846
ἐπήρθηepērthē
He was taken upverbG1869
καὶkai
andwordG2532
νεφέληnephelē
a cloudnounG3507
ὑπέλαβενhypelaben
hidverbG5274
αὐτὸνauton
HimpronounG846
ἀπὸapo
fromprepositionG575
τῶνtōn
thearticleG3588
ὀφθαλμῶνophthalmōn
eyesnounG3788
αὐτῶνautōn
of thempronounG846
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Acts 1:9

And having this said, while they beheld, He was taken up; and a cloud received Him out of their sight Acts 1:9. Do you see that they did preach and fulfil the Gospel? For great was the gift He had bestowed on them. In the very place, He says, where you are afraid, that is, in Jerusalem, there preach ye first, and afterwards unto the uttermost part of the earth. Then for assurance of what He had said, While they beheld, He was taken up. Not while they beheld did He rise from…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 2 on Acts
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Michael van BergNote3mo ago
God's sovereignty revealed - Acts 1
Now I understand why - it's a daily declaration of dependence on God. God is faithful in every circumstance. The imagery here is agricultural - the original audience would have immediately understood ...
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