Acts 1:8 (BSB)
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
Commentary on Acts 1:8
- John Calvin (Reformed), Calvin's Commentaries on Acts 1:8: 8. You shall receive power. Our Savior Christ doth here call them back as well unto the promise of God as also unto his commandment, which was the readiest way to bridle their curiosity. Curiosity doth rise almost always either of idleness or else of distrust; distrust is cured by meditating upon the promises of God.
- Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Acts 1:6-11: In Jerusalem Christ, by his angel, had appointed his disciples to meet him in Galilee; there he appointed them to meet him in Jerusalem again, such a day. Thus he would try their obedience, and it was found ready and cheerful; they came together, as he appointed them, to be the witnesses of his ascension, of which we have here an account. Observe, I.
- John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Acts 1:8: But ye shall receive power,.... From on high, with which they were to be endured, Luk 24:49 meaning the power of the Holy Ghost, strength from him to preach the Gospel, and work miracles in confirmation of it, and courage and greatness of mind, amidst all reproaches and persecutions, to face and oppose their enemies, profess the name of Christ, abide by his truths and...
- Albert Barnes (Presbyterian), Barnes' New Testament Notes on Acts 1:8: Verse 8. But ye shall receive power, etc. Literally, as it is translated in the margin, "ye shall receive the power of the Holy Ghost coming upon you." This was said to them to console them. Though they could not know the times which God reserved in his own appointment, yet they should receive the promised Guide and Comforter.