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Acts 1:13

Acts 1:13
And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

"Into it", as the Arabic version reads; that is, into the city of Jerusalem, and into some house in that city; but what house it was is needless to inquire, since it cannot be known. Some think it was…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Were come in - To Jerusalem. They went up into an upper room - The word ὑπερῷον huperoōn, here translated “upper room,” occurs only four times in the New Testament: Act 9:37, “She (Dorcas) was…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

They went up into an upper room - This was either a room in the temple, or in the house of one of the disciples, where this holy company was accustomed to meet. In Luk 24:53, it is said that, after…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Acts 1:12-14

We are here told, I. Whence Christ ascended - from the mount of Olives (Act 1:12), from that part of it where the town of Bethany stood, Luk 24:50. There he began his sufferings (Luk 22:39), and…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

And when they were come in i.e. into the city, from the open country where the Ascension had taken place.

they went up into an[the] upper room Probably the upper room which has been mentioned before…