Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Show us the one whom thou hast chosen (anadeicon on ecelecw). First aorist active imperative of anadeiknumi, to show up, make plain. First aorist middle indicative second person singular of eklegw, to pick out, choose, select. In this prayer they assume that God has made a choice. They only wish to know his will. They call God the
heart-searcher or
heart-knower (kardiognwsta, vocative singular), a late word, here and Acts 15:8 only in the N.T. Modern physicians have delicate apparatus for studying the human heart.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Acts 1:24:
Luke 10:1
Acts 15:8
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