Acts 1:4 (WEB)

Passage

Being assembled together with them, he commanded them, “Don’t depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which you heard from me.

Nearby Context

Acts 1:2 until the day in which he was received up, after he had given commandment through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen.

Acts 1:3 To these he also showed himself alive after he suffered, by many proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days, and speaking about God’s Kingdom.

Acts 1:4 Being assembled together with them, he commanded them, “Don’t depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which you heard from me.

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

Acts 1:6 Therefore when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, are you now restoring the kingdom to Israel?”

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "assembled", "together", "commanded", "depart", "jerusalem", "wait", "promise", and "father". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "assembled" and "together", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 3's "To these he also showed himself alive..." into verse 5's "For John indeed baptized in water but...", so "assembled" 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 "assembled" and "together" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.