The Exaltation of Jesus and the Restoration of Israel in Acts 1
“Lord, at this time are you restoring the kingdom to Israel?” (Acts 1:6)The disciples' leading question in Acts 1:6 sets the context for Luke's narration of the last words which the risen Jesus speaks on earth. The Lord's oracular answer clearly divides in two parts. Acts 1:7 conveys...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
1986
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Harvard theological review
Year: 1986, Volume: 79, Issue: 1/3, Pages: 278-286 |
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| Summary: | “Lord, at this time are you restoring the kingdom to Israel?” (Acts 1:6)The disciples' leading question in Acts 1:6 sets the context for Luke's narration of the last words which the risen Jesus speaks on earth. The Lord's oracular answer clearly divides in two parts. Acts 1:7 conveys a sharp caution to those who would speculate about God's timetable: “It is not yours to know the periods or occasions which the Father has established in his own authority.” Yet Jesus' final words respond positively to the question of restoration by revealing the deployment of theocratic dominion, even indicating the geographic staging of Acts: “But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you and you shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and unto the end of the earth” (1:8). |
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| ISSN: | 1475-4517 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Harvard theological review
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0017816000020551 |