Acts 1:2

American Standard Version (1901)

until the day in which he was received up, after that he had given commandment through the Holy Spirit unto the apostles whom he had chosen:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἄχρι ἧς ἡμέρας, ἐντειλάμενος τοῖς ἀποστόλοις διὰ Πνεύματος Ἁγιου οὓς ἐξελέξατο, ἀνελήφθη:

Transliteration

Until which hēmeras, having enteilamenos the apostolois through Pneumatos Hagiou whom exelexato, he anelēphthē:

Grammar Details

• *hēmeras*: genitive, feminine, singular - day
• *enteilamenos*: aorist, middle, participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having commanded/instructed
• *apostolois*: dative, masculine, plural - apostles
• *Pneumatos Hagiou*: genitive, neuter, singular - Holy Spirit
• *exelexato*: aorist, middle, indicative, 3rd person singular - he chose/selected
• *anelēphthē*: aorist, passive, indicative, 3rd person singular - he was taken up

Word Meanings

• *enteilamenos*: having commanded/instructed/charged
• *exelexato*: chose/selected/elected
• *anelēphthē*: was taken up/was received up/was lifted up

Referenced Verses

• Acts 1:9 : 9 And when he had said these things, as they were looking, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.
• John 20:21 : 21 Jesus therefore said to them again, Peace [be] unto you: as the Father hath sent me, even so send I you.
• John 13:18 : 18 I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled: He that eateth my bread lifted up his heel against me.
• Acts 10:38 : 38 [ even] Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.
• Acts 10:40-42 : 40 Him God raised up the third day, and gave him to be made manifest, 41 not to all the people, but unto witnesses that were chosen before of God, [even] to us, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. 42 And he charged us to preach unto the people, and to testify that this is he who is ordained of God [to be] the Judge of the living and the dead.
• Gal 1:1 : 1 Paul, an apostle (not from men, neither through man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead),
• Eph 2:20 : 20 being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief corner stone;
• Eph 4:8-9 : 8 Wherefore he saith, When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, And gave gifts unto men. 9 (Now this, He ascended, what is it but that he also descended into the lower parts of the earth? 10 He that descended is the same also that ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.)
• 1 Tim 3:16 : 16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness; He who was manifested in the flesh, Justified in the spirit, Seen of angels, Preached among the nations, Believed on in the world, Received up in glory.
• Heb 6:19-20 : 19 which we have as an anchor of the soul, [a hope] both sure and stedfast and entering into that which is within the veil; 20 whither as a forerunner Jesus entered for us, having become a high priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
• Heb 9:24 : 24 For Christ entered not into a holy place made with hands, like in pattern to the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear before the face of God for us:
• 1 Pet 3:22 : 22 who is on the right hand of God, having gone into heaven; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
• 2 Pet 3:2 : 2 that ye should remember the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and the commandments of the Lord and Saviour through your apostles:
• Rev 1:1 : 1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, [even] the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified [it] by his angel unto his servant John;
• Rev 2:7 : 7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. To him that overcometh, to him will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God.
• Rev 2:11 : 11 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.
• John 16:28 : 28 I came out from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go unto the Father.
• John 17:13 : 13 But now I come to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy made full in themselves.
• John 20:17 : 17 Jesus saith to her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended unto the Father: but go unto my brethren, and say to them, I ascend unto my Father and your Father, and my God and your God.
• Rev 2:29 : 29 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches.
• Rev 3:13 : 13 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches.
• Rev 3:16 : 16 So because thou art lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spew thee out of my mouth.
• Rev 3:22 : 22 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches.
• Rev 21:14 : 14 And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
• Isa 11:2-3 : 2 And the Spirit of Jehovah shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of Jehovah. 3 And his delight shall be in the fear of Jehovah; and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither decide after the hearing of his ears;
• Isa 42:1 : 1 Behold, my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen, in whom my soul delighteth: I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the Gentiles.
• Isa 48:16 : 16 Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; from the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord Jehovah hath sent me, and his Spirit.
• Isa 59:20-21 : 20 And a Redeemer will come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith Jehovah. 21 And as for me, this is my covenant with them, saith Jehovah: my Spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith Jehovah, from henceforth and for ever.
• Isa 61:1 : 1 The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me; because Jehovah hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening [of the prison] to them that are bound;
• Matt 3:16 : 16 And Jesus when he was baptized, went up straightway from the water: and lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him;
• Matt 10:1-4 : 1 And he called unto him his twelve disciples, and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of disease and all manner of sickness. 2 Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the [son] of Zebedee, and John his brother; 3 Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the [son] of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; 4 Simon the Cananaean, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
• Matt 12:28 : 28 But if I by the Spirit of God cast out demons, then is the kingdom of God come upon you.
• Matt 28:19-20 : 19 Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit: 20 teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.
• Mark 3:14-19 : 14 And he appointed twelve, that they might be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach, 15 and to have authority to cast out demons: 16 and Simon he surnamed Peter; 17 and James the [son] of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and them he surnamed Boanerges, which is, Sons of thunder: 18 and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the [son] of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Cananaean, 19 and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. And he cometh into a house.
• Mark 6:30 : 30 And the apostles gather themselves together unto Jesus; and they told him all things, whatsoever they had done, and whatsoever they had taught.
• Mark 16:15-19 : 15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to the whole creation. 16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that disbelieveth shall be condemned. 17 And these signs shall accompany them that believe: in my name shall they cast out demons; they shall speak with new tongues; 18 they shall take up serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall in no wise hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. 19 So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken unto them, was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.
• Luke 6:13-16 : 13 And when it was day, he called his disciples; and he chose from them twelve, whom also he named apostles: 14 Simon, whom he also named Peter, and Andrew his brother, and James and John, and Philip and Bartholomew, 15 and Matthew and Thomas, and James [the son] of Alphaeus, and Simon who was called the Zealot, 16 and Judas [the son] of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor;
• Luke 9:51 : 51 And it came to pass, when the days were well-nigh come that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem,
• Luke 24:45-49 : 45 Then opened he their mind, that they might understand the scriptures; 46 and he said unto them, Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer, and rise again from the dead the third day; 47 and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name unto all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem. 48 Ye are witnesses of these things. 49 And behold, I send forth the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city, until ye be clothed with power from on high.
• Luke 24:51 : 51 And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he parted from them, and was carried up into heaven.
• John 1:16 : 16 For of his fulness we all received, and grace for grace.
• John 3:34 : 34 For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for he giveth not the Spirit by measure.
• John 6:62 : 62 [ What] then if ye should behold the Son of man ascending where he was before?
• John 6:70 : 70 Jesus answered them, Did not I choose you the twelve, and one of you is a devil?
• John 13:1 : 1 Now before the feast of the passover, Jesus knowing that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto his Father, having loved his own that were in the world, he loved them unto the end.
• John 13:3 : 3 [ Jesus], knowing that the Father had given all the things into his hands, and that he came forth from God, and goeth unto God,
• Acts 1:11 : 11 who also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye looking into heaven? this Jesus, who was received up from you into heaven shall so come in like manner as ye beheld him going into heaven.
• Acts 1:13 : 13 And when they were come in, they went up into the upper chamber, where they were abiding; both Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James [the son] of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas [the son] of James.
• Rev 2:17 : 17 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. To him that overcometh, to him will I give of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and upon the stone a new name written, which no one knoweth but he that receiveth it.