Acts 1:6–7
The disciples ask when; Jesus says the Father sets the times
Study it word by word6So those who had come together were asking him, saying, “Lord, are you restoring the kingdom to Israel at this time?”
7He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has set by his own authority;
In its context
4And while gathered together with them, he ordered them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, “which you heard from me;
5for John immersed in water, but you will be immersed in the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”
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8but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be my witnesses both in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
9And having said these things, as they were watching, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight.
Its words in the original
- συνελθόντεςsynelthontes· come together
Come together, gather; said of a married couple, begin living together.
- ἠρώτωνērōtōn· ask
Ask a question; also request, ask for.
- λέγοντεςlegontes· say
Say, speak; in the passive, "be called".
- ΚύριεKyrie· Lord, lord
Lord, master, owner. Said of God, the Lord; in Old Testament quotations it stands for the name YHWH.
- χρόνῳchronōi· time
Time; a span of time.
- ἀποκαθιστάνειςapokathistaneis· restore
Restore, bring back to its former state.
- βασιλείανbasileian· kingdom
Kingdom: the reign of a king and the place where he reigns. "The kingdom of heaven" is the reign of God.
- ἸσραήλIsraēl· Israel
Israel: the name God gave to Jacob, and the people descended from him.
- ἐστινestin· be
Be, exist.
- γνῶναιgnōnai· know
Know, come to know, realize. Said of a man and a woman, have sexual relations.
- καιροὺςkairous· time, right time
Time, the appointed moment.
- πατὴρpatēr· father, Father
Father; also ancestor.
- ἔθετοetheto· put, lay
Put, place, lay down.
- ἰδίᾳidiai· own
One's own, his own.
- ἐξουσίᾳexousiai· authority
Authority, the power to act or command.