Acts Chapter 1 verse 7 Holy Bible
And he said unto them, It is not for you to know times or seasons, which the Father hath set within His own authority.
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And he said to them, It is not for you to have knowledge of the time and the order of events which the Father has kept in his control.
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And he said to them, It is not yours to know times or seasons, which the Father has placed in his own authority;
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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.
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He said to them, "It isn't for you to know times or seasons which the Father has set within His own authority.
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and he said unto them, `It is not yours to know times or seasons that the Father did appoint in His own authority;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 7. - Times or seasons for the times or the seasons, A.V.; set within his own authority for put in his own power, A.V. It is not for you to know, etc. The time of the end is always spoken of as hidden (so Matthew 24:36; Mark 13:32; 1 Thessalonians 5:1, 2; 2 Peter 3:10, etc.). Times or season. Times with reference to duration, seasons with reference to fitness or opportunity. Which the Father. The distinctive use of the word "Father" here agrees with our Lord's saying in Mark 13:32, "Neither the Son, but the Father." Hath set within his own authority (ἐξουσίᾳ). Hath reserved under his own authority ('Speaker's Commentary'); "Has established by means of his own plenitude of power" (Meyer); "Hath put or kept in his own power (A.V., and so Afford). This last seems the best.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(7) It is not for you to know the times or the seasons.--The combination of the two words is characteristic of St. Luke and St. Paul (1Thessalonians 5:1). The answer to the eager question touches the season rather than the nature of the fulfilment of their hopes. They are left to the teaching of the Spirit and of Time to remould and purify their expectations of the restoration of Israel. What was needed now was the patience that waits for and accepts that teaching.Which the Father hath put in his own power.--Better, as free from the ambiguity which attaches to the present version, which the Father appointed by His own authority.
