Acts 1:2

“Until the day in which he was taken up, etc.] That is, into heaven. The historian suggests, that his former treatise took in the main and principal things Jesus did and taught, until such time that he ascended to heaven: after that he, through the Holy Ghost, had given commandments unto the apostles, whom he had chosen: our Lord having chosen twelve of his own free grace and goodness, and not according to their worth and merit, to be his apostles, a little before his ascension to heaven, gave them more express and explicit commands and orders where they should go, into all the world, to all nations; and what they should preach, the whole Gospel, salvation by faith in him, and particularly…”

“after that he, through the Holy Ghost, had given commandments, &c.--referring to the charge recorded in Mat 28:18-20; Mar 16:15-18; Luk 24:44-49. It is worthy of notice that nowhere else are such communications of the risen Redeemer said to have been given "through the Holy Ghost." In general, this might have been said of all He uttered and all He did in His official character; for it was for this very end that God "gave not the Spirit by measure unto Him" (Joh 3:34). But after His resurrection, as if to signify the new relation in which He now stood to the Church, He signalized His first meeting with the assembled disciples by breathing on them (immediately after dispensing to them His…”

“Until the day - The 40th day after the resurrection, Acts 1:3. See Luke 24:51. In which he was taken up - In which he ascended to heaven. He was taken up into a cloud, and is represented as having been borne or carried to heaven, Acts 1:9. After that ... - This passage has been variously rendered. The Syriac translates it, “After he had given commandment unto the apostles whom he had chosen by the Holy Spirit.” So also the Ethiopic version. Others have joined the words “through the Holy Spirit” to the phrase “was taken up,” making it mean that he was taken up by the Holy Spirit. But the most natural and correct translation seems to be what is in our King James Version. Through the Holy Ghost…”

“After having given commandment - In Act 1:3 St. Luke expresses in general terms what Christ said to his apostles during those forty days. But in the 4th Act 1:4 and following verses he declares what he said on the day of his ascension. He had brought his former account down to that day; and from that day begins the Acts of the Apostles. Acts 1:3”

“the day: Act 1:9; Mar 16:19; Luk 9:51, Luk 24:51; Joh 6:62, Joh 13:1, Joh 13:3, Joh 16:28, Joh 17:13, Joh 20:17; Eph 4:8-10; Ti1 3:16; Heb 6:19, Heb 6:20, Heb 9:24; Pe1 3:22 through: Act 10:38; Isa 11:2, Isa 11:3, Isa 42:1, Isa 48:16, Isa 59:20, Isa 59:21, Isa 61:1; Mat 3:16, Mat 12:28; Joh 1:16, Joh 3:34; Rev 1:1, Rev 2:7, Rev 2:11, Rev 2:17, Rev 2:29, Rev 3:16, Rev 3:13, Rev 3:22 given: Mat 28:19; Mar 16:15-19; Luk 24:45-49 the apostles: Act 1:13, Act 10:40-42; Mat 10:1-4; Mar 3:14-19; Luk 6:13-16; Joh 6:70, Joh 13:18; Joh 20:21; Gal 1:1; Eph 2:20; Pe2 3:2; Rev 21:14 Acts 1:3”