Study it in the app“beginning from the immersion of John until the day on which he was taken up from us, that one of these become a witness with us of his resurrection.””
beginningἀρξάμενοςfromἀπὸthe immersionτοῦ βαπτίσματοςof JohnἸωάννουuntilἕωςthe dayτῆς ἡμέραςon whichἧςhe was taken upἀνελήμφθηfromἀφ’us,ἡμῶνthat oneἕναof theseτούτωνbecomeγενέσθαιa witnessμάρτυραwithσὺνusἡμῖνof hisαὐτοῦresurrection.”τῆς ἀναστάσεως
begin
To start doing something.
Where else “arxamenos” appearsimmersion
Putting someone into water as a sign; what is called baptism.
Where else “baptismatos” appearsJohn
John. In the Gospels, John the Immerser (the Baptist) or John son of Zebedee, one of the Twelve.
Where else “Iōannou” appearsday
A span counted on the calendar: “on the third day,” “forty days.”
Where else “hēmeras” appearsbe taken up
To be lifted into heaven.
Where else “anelēmphthē” appearsone
The quantity one, or a single one within a group.
Where else “hena” appearsbecome
To turn into something new, different from before.
Where else “genesthai” appearswitness
Someone who tells what they saw or heard.
Where else “martyra” appearswith
With, together with.
Where else “syn” appearsresurrection
Coming back to life after death.
Where else “anastaseōs” appears21So it is necessary, of the men who have accompanied us during all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and went out among us,
22 · This verse (above)
23And they put forward two, Joseph called Barsabbas, who was also called Justus, and Matthias.
1. What it says
What does Jesus tell the apostles they will receive, and what will they be, before he is taken up? (v. 8)
2. What it means
Why do you think Jesus does not answer their question about the timing and speaks instead of being witnesses? (vv. 6-8)
3. How I live it
The disciples waited together in prayer (v. 14). What helps you hold steady when you wait for something and do not know when it will come?
