Kisah Para Rasul 1:7

1:7 He told them, “You are not permitted to know ¹  the times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority.

Kisah Para Rasul 1:1

Jesus Ascends to Heaven

1:1 I wrote ²  the former ³  account, ⁴  Theophilus, ⁵  about all that Jesus began to do and teach

1 Tesalonika 5:1-2

The Day of the Lord

5:1 Now on the topic of times and seasons, ⁶  brothers and sisters, ⁷  you have no need for anything to be written to you. 5:2 For you know quite well that the day of the Lord ⁸  will come in the same way as a thief in the night. ⁹ 

[1:7]  ¹ tn Grk “It is not for you to know.”

[1:1]  ² tn Or “produced,” Grk “made.”

[1:1]  ³ tn Or “first.” The translation “former” is preferred because “first” could imply to the modern English reader that the author means that his previous account was the first one to be written down. The Greek term πρῶτος (prwtos) does not necessarily mean “first” in an absolute sense, but can refer to the first in a set or series. That is what is intended here – the first account (known as the Gospel of Luke) as compared to the second one (known as Acts).

[1:1]  ⁴ tn The Greek word λόγος (logos) is sometimes translated “book” (NRSV, NIV) or “treatise” (KJV). A formal, systematic treatment of a subject is implied, but the word “book” may be too specific and slightly misleading to the modern reader, so “account” has been used.

[1:1]  sn The former account refers to the Gospel of Luke, which was “volume one” of the two-volume work Luke-Acts.

[1:1]  ⁵ tn Grk “O Theophilus,” but the usage of the vocative in Acts with ὦ (w) is unemphatic, following more the classical idiom (see ExSyn 69).

[5:1]  ⁶ tn Grk “concerning the times and the seasons,” a reference to future periods of eschatological fulfillment (cf. Acts 1:7).

[5:1]  ⁷ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:4.

[5:2]  ⁸ sn The day of the Lord is the period of time in the future when the Lord will intervene in the events of this earth to consummate his redemption and his judgment (Isa 2:11-12; 13:6-13; Ezek 30:3; Joel 1:15; 2:32; 3:18; Amos 5:18-20; Obad 15-17; Zeph 1:7-18; 2:2-3; Zech 14:1, 13, 20-21; Mal 4:1, 5; 1 Cor 1:8; 5:5; 2 Cor 1:14; 2 Thess 2:2; 2 Pet 3:10). It includes both blessings and curses, though the latter is emphasized here.

[5:2]  ⁹ sn Jesus used a thief coming at night as an illustration of the unexpected and hostile nature of the coming of God’s judgment in the future. This is repeated in various ways in v. 4; 2 Pet 3:10; Rev 3:3; 16:15.