Acts 1:6 (LSB)

Passage

So when they had come together, they were asking Him, saying, “Lord, is it at this time You are restoring the kingdom to Israel?”

Nearby Context

Acts 1:4 And gathering them together, He commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, “Which,” He said, “you heard of from Me;

Acts 1:5 for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”

Acts 1:6 So when they had come together, they were asking Him, saying, “Lord, is it at this time You are restoring the kingdom to Israel?”

Acts 1:7 But He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has set by His own authority;

Acts 1:8 but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the end of the earth.”

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "for John baptized with water but you..." into verse 7's "But He said to them It is...", so "come" and "together" 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 "come" and "together" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.