Acts 1:12

King James Version (KJV)

Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey.

Translations

Acts 1:12 - Amplified Bible

Then [the disciples] went back to Jerusalem from the hill called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, [only] a Sabbath day's journey (three-quarters of a mile) away.

Acts 1:12 - American Standard Version

Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is nigh unto Jerusalem, a Sabbath days journey off.

Acts 1:12 - Bible in Basic English

Then they went back to Jerusalem from the mountain named Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey away.

Acts 1:12 - Darby Bible

Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called [the mount] of Olives, which is near Jerusalem, a sabbath-day`s journey off.

Acts 1:12 - English Standard Version

Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey away.

Acts 1:12 - King James Version

Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey.

Acts 1:12 - La Biblia de las Americas

Entonces regresaron a Jerusalén desde el monte llamado de los Olivos, que está cerca de Jerusalén, camino de un dìa de reposo.

Acts 1:12 - The Message

So they left the mountain called Olives and returned to Jerusalem. It was a little over half a mile. They went to the upper room they had been using as a meeting place:   Peter,   John,   James,   Andrew,   Philip,   Thomas,   Bartholomew,   Matthew,   James, son of Alphaeus,   Simon the Zealot,    Judas, son of James.

Acts 1:12 - New American Standard Bible

Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey away.

Acts 1:12 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

Entonces los discìpulos regresaron a Jerusalén desde el monte llamado de los Olivos, que está cerca de Jerusalén, camino de un dìa de reposo (1.2 km).

Acts 1:12 - World English Bible

Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mountain called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day`s journey away.

Acts 1:12 - Young's Living Translation

Then did they return to Jerusalem from the mount that is called of Olives, that is near Jerusalem, a sabbath`s journey;

Acts 1:12 - Additional Comments

The law limited travel on the Sabbath to 2,000 cubits, about 2/3 mile. This was about the distance to Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, where Jesus ascended. See notes on verse 9.
It would be appropriate for the light of Christ to first go forth from Jerusalem, the holy city of Zion.
They were being asked to go back to Jerusalem (the gospel was to come forth from Jerusalem - Isaiah 2:3), which they did by faith, despite it being the most dangerous place they could be. And, this is when they first became bold and public for the spread of the gospel. Pentecost was certainly not an event out of the public eye, since there were thousands there (Acts 2:41).

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