Acts 1:7 (DBY)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

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.

Acts 1:9 And having said these things he was taken up, they beholding [him], and a cloud received him out of their sight.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "said", "yours", "times", "seasons", "father", "placed", and "authority". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "said" and "yours", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "They therefore being come together asked him..." into verse 8's "but ye will receive power the Holy...", so "said" and "yours" 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 "said" and "yours" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.