Acts 1:13

"When they had come in, they went up into the upper room where they were staying, that is Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of James."

Key Reflection

The gathering of the apostles in the upper room, as described in Acts 1:13, evokes the setting of the Last Supper and the time leading up to Pentecost. This scene places the disciples together, ensuring they are united in prayer and preparation for the Holy Spirit's coming, a key moment in early Christian history that would have been deeply meaningful to the original audience who understood the significance of this space as the site where Jesus had shared his final meal with them before his crucifixion and resurrection.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 13. Were come in. To Jerusalem. They went up into an upper room. The word--uperwon--here translated upper room, occurs but four times in the New Testament. Ac 9:37, "She (Dorcas) was sick, and died: whom when they had washed, they laid her in an upper chamber," Ac 9:39; 20:8, "And there were many lights in the upper chamber, where they were gathered together." The room so designated was an upper chamber used for devotion; or to place the dead before burial; or occasionally for conversation, etc. Here it evidently means the place where they were assembled for devotion. Lu 24:53 says they were continually in the temple praising and blessing God.

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