Teks -- Acts 1:24 (NET)

1:24 Then they prayed, “Lord, you know the hearts of all. Show us which one of these two you have chosen

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Robertson: Act 1:24 - Show us the one whom thou hast chosen

Show us the one whom thou hast chosen ( anadeixon hon exelexō ).

First aorist active imperative of anadeiknumi , to show up, make plain. First aorist middle indicative second person singular of eklegō , to pick out, choose, select. In this prayer they assume that God has made a choice. They only wish to know his will. They call God the heart-searcher or heart-knower (kardiognōsta , vocative singular), a late word, here and Act 15:8 only in the N.T. Modern physicians have delicate apparatus for studying the human heart.

Vincent: Act 1:24 - Which knowest the hearts

Which knowest the hearts ( καρδιογνῶστα )

Only here and Act 15:8. Lit., heart-knower.

JFB: Act 1:24 - prayed and said, Thou, Lord, &c.

"The word 'Lord,' placed absolutely, denotes in the New Testament almost universally THE SON; and the words, 'Show whom Thou hast chosen,' are decisive. The apostles are just Christ's messengers: It is He that sends them, and of Him they bear witness. Here, therefore, we have the first example of a prayer offered to the exalted Redeemer; furnishing indirectly the strongest proof of His divinity" [OLSHAUSEN].

JFB: Act 1:24 - which knowest the hearts of all men

See Joh 2:24-25; Joh 21:15-17; Rev 2:23.

Clarke: Act 1:24 - Thou Lord, which knowest the hearts

Thou Lord, which knowest the hearts - Συ, κυριε, καρδιογνωστα . The word καρδιογνωστης, the searcher of hearts, seems to be used here as an attribute of God; he knows the hearts, the most secret purposes, intentions, and dispositions of all men; and because he is the knower of hearts, he knew which of these men he had qualified the best, by natural and gracious dispositions and powers, for the important work to which one of them was now to be appointed.

Calvin: Act 1:24 - In praying, they said

24.In praying, they said Word for word it is, Having prayed, they said; but there is no obscurity in the sense, because his meaning was to speak as followeth, that they prayed; and yet he doth not reckon up all the words, being content briefly to show the sum. Therefore, although they were both of honest conversation, yea, although they did excel in holiness and other virtues, yet because the integrity of the heart, whereof God is the alone knower and judge, is the chief, the disciples pray that God would bring that to light which was hidden from men. The same ought to be required even at this day in choosing pastors; for howsoever we are not to appoint two for one, yet because we may oftentimes be deceived, and the discerning of spirits cometh of the Lord, we must always pray unto God, that he will show unto us what men he will have to be ministers, that he may direct and govern our purposes. Here we may also gather what great regard we must have of integrity and innocency in choosing pastors, without which both learning and eloquence, and what excellency soever can be invented, are as nothing. ⁷⁴

TSK: Act 1:24 - they // Lord

they : Act 13:2, Act 13:3; Pro 3:5, Pro 3:6; Luk 6:12, Luk 6:13

Lord : Act 15:8; Num 27:16; 1Sa 16:7; 1Ki 8:39; 1Ch 28:9, 1Ch 29:17; Psa 7:9, Psa 44:21; Pro 15:11; Jer 11:20, Jer 17:10, Jer 20:12; Joh 2:24, Joh 2:25, Joh 21:17; Heb 4:13; Rev 2:23

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Poole: Act 1:24 - Knowest the heart

The other apostles being chosen by God immediately, it was necessary that he who was to act in the same office, should be chosen after the same manner.

Knowest the heart which is God’ s prerogative only; all others may be, and often are, mistaken by outward appearances.

Gill: Act 1:24 - And they prayed and said // thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men // shew whether of these two thou hast chosen

And they prayed and said,.... Having proposed the above two persons, and not well knowing which to pitch upon, they being both very agreeable and fit for such service; they chose not to determine the affair without seeking to God for direction; a method to be taken in all cases, and especially in matters of importance: and the substance of their petition, though perhaps not in just the same words, was,

thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men; which is a character peculiar to the one only living, and true God; for none knows the hearts of men, but God, who is the Maker of them; and he knows all the thoughts, counsels, and purposes of them, and the good or bad that is in them:

shew whether of these two thou hast chosen; being desirous of having their choice directed by the choice God had made, in his eternal mind; and which they desired might be signified and pointed out to them, in some way or another, that they might be certain of the mind and will of God, and act according to it.