Acts 1:5

Acts 1:5

3 ^ato whom He also presented Himself alive after His suffering by many¹ infallible proofs, being seen by them during forty days and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God.

The Holy Spirit Promised

4 ^aAnd being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the Father, “which,” He said, “you have ^bheard from Me;

5 ^afor John truly baptized with water, ^bbut you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”

6 Therefore, when they had come together, they asked Him, saying, “Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?”

7 And He said to them, ^a“It is not for you to ^bknow times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority.

8 ^aBut you shall receive power ^bwhen the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and ^cyou shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and ^dSamaria, and to the ^eend of the earth.”

Jesus Ascends to Heaven

9 ^aNow when He had spoken these things, while they watched, ^bHe was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight.

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence - This must refer to some conversation that is not distinctly related by the evangelists; as these identical words do not occur in any of the preceding histories. The Codex Bezae reads this passage thus: but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost, which ye shall receive not many days hence. John baptized with water, which was a sign of penitence, in reference to the remission of sin; but Christ baptizes with the Holy Ghost, for the destruction of sin, the illumination of the mind, and the consolation of the heart. John' s baptism was in reference to the spiritual kingdom; but Christ' s baptism established and maintained that kingdom. From this passage we may also learn that baptism does not always mean being plunged or immersed in water; for as this promise most evidently refers to the communication of the Holy Spirit on the following pentecost, and then he sat upon each as a cloven tongue of fire, this certainly has more affinity to sprinkling than to plunging. However, the mode of administering the sign is of very little consequence; and which is the best mode is exceedingly dubious: the stress should be laid on receiving the thing signified - the Holy Ghost, to illuminate, regenerate, refine, and purify the heart. With this, sprinkling or immersion are equally efficient: without this, both are worth nothing.

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