King James Version
Acts 1:12 in the King James Version says “Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey .” — study this verse from Acts chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey .”
Acts 1:12 · KJV
And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;
Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey .
And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James.
These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“returned they”
G5290to turn under (behind), i.e., to return (literally or figuratively)
“unto”
G1519to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases
“from”
G575"off," i.e., away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative)
“called”
G2564to "call" (properly, aloud, but used in a variety of applications, directly or otherwise)
“a sabbath”
G4521the sabbath (i.e., shabbath), or day of weekly repose from secular avocations (also the observance or institution itself); by extension, a se'nnight,
“day's journey”
G2192to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession; ability, contiuity, relation, or conditio
a road; by implication, a progress (the route, act or distance); figuratively, a mode or means
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