Passage
Therefore when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, are you now restoring the kingdom to Israel?”
Acts 1:6 (WEB)
Nearby Context
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?”
Acts 1:7 He said to them, “It isn’t for you to know times or seasons which the Father has set within his own authority.
Acts 1:8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth.”
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "therefore", "come", "together", "asked", "lord", "restoring", "kingdom", and "israel". 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 baptized in water but..." into verse 7's "He said to them It isn t...", 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.