Acts 1:7
And he said unto them, lIt is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.
And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.
εἶπε δὲ πρὸς αὐτούς, Οὐχ ὑμῶν ἐστι γνῶναι χρόνους ἢ καιροὺς οὓς ὁ πατὴρ ἔθετο ἐν τῇ ἰδίᾳ ἐξουσίᾳ.
Textual key: no entry
l:
Deuteronomy 29:29 The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
Matthew 24:36 ¶But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
Matthew 13:32 Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
Luke 17:20 ¶And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:
John 21:21 Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do?
1 Thessalonians 5:1 But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.
Our Saviour blames their curiosity about such things as are not necessary to be known; and yet though our Saviour does not in his answer tell them what they desired to know, he tells them what is more expedient for them to know. The petition of wicked men, nay, of devils, (as when they crave to go into the swine), is sometimes granted according to their will. But the prayer of the disciples of Christ is answered to their best advantage, though it does not seem to agree to the matter of their desire.
how long any mercy shall be deferred; when it shall be given.
who is fons et origo Deitatis; to whom Christ, especially as Mediator, and in our stead, refers all things.