Act 1:21, 10:41 | JFB | STEP | 15-26. in those days-- of expectant prayer, and probably towards the close of them, when the nature of their future work began more clearly to dawn upon them, and the Holy Ghost, already "breathed" on the Eleven ( ), was stirring in Peter, who was to be the leading spirit of the infant community ( ). the number ... about an hundred and twenty-- Many, therefore, of the "five hundred brethren" who saw their risen Lord "at once" ( ), must have remained in Galilee.

‏ Acts 1:21

15-26. in those days--of expectant prayer, and probably towards the close of them, when the nature of their future work began more clearly to dawn upon them, and the Holy Ghost, already "breathed" on the Eleven (Joh 20:22), was stirring in Peter, who was to be the leading spirit of the infant community (Mt 16:19).

the number ... about an hundred and twenty--Many, therefore, of the "five hundred brethren" who saw their risen Lord "at once" (1Co 15:6), must have remained in Galilee.

‏ Acts 10:41

39-43. we are witnesses of all ... he did--not objects of superstitious reverence, but simply witnesses to the great historical facts on which the Gospel is founded.

slew and hanged--that is, slew by hanging.

on a tree--So Ac 5:30 (and see on Ga 3:13).