Hechos 1:10-20

10 Y estando ellos con los ojos puestos en el cielo, entre tanto que él iba, he aquí dos varones se pusieron junto a ellos en vestidos blancos

11 los cuales también les dijeron: Varones galileos, ¿qué estáis mirando al cielo? Este mismo Jesús que ha sido tomado desde vosotros arriba en el cielo, así vendrá como le habéis visto ir al cielo

12 Entonces se volvieron a Jerusalén del monte que se llama del Olivar, el cual está cerca de Jerusalén camino de un sábado

13 Y entrados, subieron al aposento alto, donde estaban Pedro y Jacobo, y Juan y Andrés, Felipe y Tomás, Bartolomé y Mateo, Jacobo hijo de Alfeo, y Simón Zelote, y Judas hermano de Jacobo

14 Todos éstos perseveraban unánimes en oración y ruego, con las mujeres, y con María la madre de Jesús, y con sus hermanos

15 Y en aquellos días, Pedro, levantándose en medio de los discípulos, dijo (y era el número de los nombres como de ciento veinte)

16 Varones hermanos, convino que se cumpliera la Escritura, la cual dijo antes el Espíritu Santo por la boca de David, acerca de Judas, que fue guía de los que prendieron a Jesús

17 el cual era contado con nosotros, y tenía suerte o herencia en este ministerio

18 Este, pues, adquirió un campo con el salario de su iniquidad, y colgándose, se reventó por medio, y todas sus entrañas se derramaron

19 Y fue notorio a todos los moradores de Jerusalén; de tal manera que aquel campo es llamado en su propia lengua, Acéldama, que es, Campo de sangre

20 Porque está escrito en el libro de los Salmos: Sea hecha desierta su habitación, y no haya quien more en ella; y: Tome otro su oficio

Hechos 1:10-20 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO ACTS

This book, in some copies, is called, "The Acts of the holy Apostles". It contains an history of the ministry and miracles of the apostles of Christ, and is a sort of a journal of their actions, from whence it takes its name. It begins at the ascension of Christ, and reaches to the imprisonment of the Apostle Paul at Rome; and is a history of upwards of thirty years: it gives an account of the first Gospel church at Jerusalem, and of the progress of the Gospel there, and in Judea, by the means of all the apostles, and particularly Peter, the minister of the circumcision, and who also first opened the door of faith to the Gentiles: it shows how the Gospel went forth from Jerusalem, and was spread in the Gentile world, especially by the Apostle Paul, whose companion Luke was, that was the writer of this book; for that it was written by him is very evident from the beginning of it, it being dedicated to the same person his Gospel is, and of which he makes mention; and in the Complutensian edition the book is called, "The Acts of the Apostles of Saint Luke the Evangelist"; and so the title of it in the Syriac version is, "the Book of the Acts: that is, the history of the blessed apostles, which my Lord Luke the Evangelist collected for the saints". It was by him written in the Greek language; and we are told {a}, that there was a version of it into the Hebrew language, and which was laid up in the library of the Jews at Tiberias; and is cited by R. Azarias {b} under the name of twlweph, "the Acts": of the authority of this book there has been no doubt, among the ancients, only Cerinthus the heretic endeavoured to discredit it; and it was not received by another sort of heretics called Severiani, from Severus, a disciple of Tatian {c}. It is a most excellent and useful work, showing the first planting of Christianity, and of Christian churches, both among the Jews and Gentiles; the spread and progress of the Gospel in several parts of the world; what sufferings the apostles endured for the sake of it; and with what patience and courage they bore them; and what success attended them; and is a standing proof and confirmation of the Christian religion.

{a} Epiphan. Contr. Haeres. l. 1. Haeres. 30. {b} Meor Enayim, p. 167. {c} Euseb. Eccl. Hist. l. 4. c. 29.