the Gentiles)-concentric circles of the ancient Kingdom of David (David’s city, tribe, nation, and vassals, respectively)-that will bring about the new Israel, the Kingdom of God, which is manifest visibly in the world as the Church. It is the witness ( martyria) of the Apostles from “Jerusalem, to Judea, to Samaria, to the ends of the earth” (i.e. However, as Scott Hahn has pointed out, it is possible to take the Lord’s response as answering not when but how. The disciples ask, “Will you at this time restore the Kingdom to Israel?” Jesus’ response is sometimes taken as a rebuff of the apostles, or a ducking of their question, implying perhaps that what they ask for will only take place in the eschaton. The fact that he is eating and drinking with them here, is an indication of the arrival of the Kingdom (see also Acts 10:41). On the contrary, I suggest it makes a lot of sense, and is in fact theologically significant in light of Luke 22:16,18, which seem to suggest that Jesus will not eat or drink again until the Kingdom comes. BAGD) for rendering it “spending time with” rather than “eating with” is that “eating with” supposedly doesn’t make sense in the context of Acts 1:4. Above it is rendered “while meeting with them,” but literally it is “while taking salt with them,” which is a Greek idiom meaning “sharing a meal.” This is the usual meaning of sunalizomenos the only justification I have seen in the lexicons (e.g. Like most English translations, the one used in Mass does not adequately translate the Greek word sunalizomenos in verse 4. Will return in the same way as you have seen him going into heaven.” This Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven Why are you standing there looking at the sky? Suddenly two men dressed in white garments stood beside them. While they were looking intently at the sky as he was going, He was lifted up, and a cloud took him from their sight. When he had said this, as they were looking on, That the Father has established by his own authority.īut you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you,Īnd you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, He answered them, “It is not for you to know the times or seasons “Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?” When they had gathered together they asked him, He enjoined them not to depart from Jerusalem,īut to wait for “the promise of the Fatherīut in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.” I dealt with all that Jesus did and taughtĪfter giving instructions through the Holy Spirit We typically think of all the narratives of Jesus’ life as recorded in the Gospels, overlooking that Acts records at least two important narratives about the activity of the Resurrected Lord (Acts 1:1-11 also 9:1-8). ![]() ![]() This is an unusual Lord’s Day, in which the “action” of the Feast Day actually takes place in the First Reading. Therefore, this weekend we will look at the powerful readings for Ascension Day. ![]() I wish the traditional observance on Thursday of the Sixth Week of Easter was retained, but reality is what it is. In the Diocese of Steubenville, as well as in most of the USA, Ascension Day is observed this Sunday.
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