SEV Biblia, Chapter 1:22
comenzando desde el bautismo de Juan, hasta el día que fue recibido arriba de entre nosotros, uno sea hecho testigo con nosotros de su resurreccin.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Acts 1:22
Verse 22. Beginning from the baptism of John] From the time that Christ was baptized by John in Jordan; for it was at that time that his public ministry properly began. Must one be ordained] This translation misleads every reader who cannot examine the original text. There is no term for ordained in the Greek: genesqai, to be, is the only word in the verse to which this interpretation can be applied. The New Testament printed at London, by Robert Barker, the king's printer, in 1615, renders this and the preceding verse more faithfully and more clearly than our common version: Wherefore of these men who have companied with us, all the time that the Lord Jesus was conversant among us, beginning from the baptism of John, unto the day he was taken up from us, must one of them BE MADE a witness with us of his resurrection. The word ordained would naturally lead most readers to suppose that some ecclesiastical rite was used on the occasion, such as imposition of hands, &c., although nothing of the kind appears to have been employed.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 22. Beginning from the baptism of John , etc.] Not from the time trial John first administered the ordinance of baptism; for Christ was not so soon made known, or had followers; but from the time of the administration of it by John, to Christ, when he was made known to Israel; and quickly upon this, he called his disciples, and entered on his public ministry: now Peter moves, that one who had been so early a follower of Christ, who had heard his excellent discourses, and seen his miracles, and who had steadfastly and constantly adhered to him, might be chosen in the room of Judas; one whose faith in Christ, love to him, and firmness of mind to abide by him, had been sufficiently tried and proved; who had continued with Christ and his apostles, from the beginning of his ministry, to that time: or as Peter adds, unto the same day that he was taken up from us ; by angels, and received by a cloud, and carried up to heaven; or he ascended from us, as the Ethiopic version renders it; or lifted up himself from us, as the Arabic version; for as he raised himself from the dead by his own power, by the same he could raise himself up from earth to heaven; the sense is, to the time of his ascension to heaven, whether by himself, or by the ministry of angels: must one be ordained ; there was a necessity of this, partly on the account of the above prophecy, and partly to keep up the number of the twelve apostles, Christ had thought fit to pitch upon; answering to the twelve tribes of Israel, and to the twelve gates, and twelve foundations of the new Jerusalem: and this choice or ordination was moved to be made, and was made, not by the other eleven apostles, but by the whole company of an hundred and twenty; for these are the persons addressed by the apostle, and to whom he said, as the Arabic version renders it, one of these men ye must choose: and if the choice and ordination of such an extraordinary officer was made by the whole community, then much more ought the choice and ordination of inferior officers be by them: the end of this choice was, to be a witness with us of his resurrection ; the resurrection of Christ from the dead, which supposes his incarnation and life, and so his obedience, ministry, and miracles in it; and also his sufferings and death, with all the benefits and advantages thereof; and is particularly mentioned, because it not only supposes and includes the above things, but is the principal article, basis, and foundation of the Christian religion; and the sign which Christ gave to the Jews, of the truth of his being the Messiah; and was what the disciples were chosen to be witnesses of; and a principal part of their ministry was to testify it to men: and since this was their work and business, it was necessary that one should be chosen, and joined with them, who had been with them, and with Jesus, from the beginning, to the time of his ascension; and who was an eyewitness of his resurrection, that he might join with the apostles in their testimony.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 15-26 - The great thing the apostles were to attest to the world, was, Christ' resurrection; for that was the great proof of his being the Messiah and the foundation of our hope in him. The apostles were ordained, no to wordly dignity and dominion, but to preach Christ, and the power of his resurrection. An appeal was made to God; "Thou, Lord, who knowes the hearts of all men," which we do not; and better than they know their own. It is fit that God should choose his own servants; and s far as he, by the disposals of his providence, or the gifts of his Spirit, shows whom he was chosen, or what he has chosen for us, we ought to fall in with his will. Let us own his hand in the determinin everything which befalls us, especially in those by which any trust ma be committed to us __________________________________________________________________
Greek Textus Receptus
αρξαμενος 756 5671 V-AMP-NSM απο 575 PREP του 3588 T-GSN βαπτισματος 908 N-GSN ιωαννου 2491 N-GSM εως 2193 CONJ της 3588 T-GSF ημερας 2250 N-GSF ης 3739 R-GSF ανεληφθη 353 5681 V-API-3S αφ 575 PREP ημων 2257 P-1GP μαρτυρα 3144 N-ASM της 3588 T-GSF αναστασεως 386 N-GSF αυτου 846 P-GSM γενεσθαι 1096 5635 V-2ADN συν 4862 PREP ημιν 2254 P-1DP ενα 1520 A-ASM τουτων 5130 D-GPM
Vincent's NT Word Studies
22. Witness (martura). One who shall bear testimony: not a spectator, a mistake often made on Heb. xii. 1. Compare Acts ii. 32.
Robertson's NT Word Studies
1:22 {Beginning} (arxamenos). Aorist middle participle of arcw, agreeing (nominative) with ho kurios iesous (the Lord Jesus). The ministry of Jesus began with the ministry of John. Strictly speaking arxamenos should be the accusative and agree with martura (witness) in verse #22, but the construction is a bit free. The ministry of Jesus began with the baptism of John and lasted until the Ascension. {A witness with us of his resurrection} (martura tes anastasews autou sun hemin). this Peter considers the essential thing in a successor to Judas. The one chosen should be a personal witness who can speak from his own experience of the ministry, resurrection, and ascension of the Lord Jesus. One can easily see that this qualification will soon put an end to those who bear such personal testimony.
