Acts 1:6 (DBY)

Passage

They therefore, being come together, asked him saying, Lord, is it at this time that thou restorest the kingdom to Israel?

Nearby Context

Acts 1:4 and, being assembled with [them], commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to await the promise of the Father, which [said he] ye have heard of me.

Acts 1:5 For John indeed baptised with water, but *ye* shall be baptised with the Holy Spirit after now not many days.

Acts 1:6 They therefore, being come together, asked him saying, Lord, is it at this time that thou restorest the kingdom to Israel?

Acts 1:7 And he said to them, It is not yours to know times or seasons, which the Father has placed in his own authority;

Acts 1:8 but ye will receive power, the Holy Spirit having come upon you, and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "therefore", "come", "together", "asked", "saying", "lord", "time", and "thou". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "therefore" and "come", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "For John indeed baptised with water but..." into verse 7's "And he said to them It is...", so "therefore" and "come" belong inside that flow. In Acts context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "therefore" and "come" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.