Acts 1:4 (YLT)

Passage

And being assembled together with them, he commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, <FI>saith he,<Fi> `Ye did hear of me;

Nearby Context

Acts 1:2 till the day in which, having given command, through the Holy Spirit, to the apostles whom he did choose out, he was taken up,

Acts 1:3 to whom also he did present himself alive after his suffering, in many certain proofs, through forty days being seen by them, and speaking the things concerning the reign of God.

Acts 1:4 And being assembled together with them, he commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, <FI>saith he,<Fi> `Ye did hear of me;

Acts 1:5 because John, indeed, baptized with water, and ye shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit--after not many days.'

Acts 1:6 They, therefore, indeed, having come together, were questioning him, saying, `Lord, dost thou at this time restore the reign 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 whom also he did present himself..." into verse 5's "because John indeed baptized with water and...", 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.