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Act 1:6. Συνελθόντες, having come together) They thought that they would more easily obtain a reply when asking jointly.-τούτῳ) at this interval (period), viz. that which was coming after not many days.-τὴν βασιλείαν, the kingdom) the seat of which is Jerusalem, Act 1:4, but the full extent of it most comprehensive, Act 1:8, and the nature and inward character of it more divine than the construction which the interrogators were at the time putting on the words of the Lord; Act 1:3 at the end. Luk 22:16, “I will not anymore eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.”-τῷ Ἰσραὴλ, to Israel) The dative bears the emphasis. The apostles, taking the fact for granted, were asking concerning the time: and in a like manner the reply, which follows immediately after, is framed.