Acts 1:4

“And being assembled together with them, etc.] At their last meeting at Bethany, or Mount Olivet, which was by appointment: some render the words, as the Vulgate Latin, “and eating with them”; which was one of the proofs he gave of his being alive; and so the Syriac version renders it, “and when he had ate bread with them”, and the Ethiopic version, “and dining with them”, which he might do more than once; (see <432112> John 21:12,15) this was the last time, when he commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem; which does not necessarily infer, that they were then at Jerusalem; for they might be, and they seem rather to be at Bethany, or on the Mount of Olives, from whence they…”

“should not depart from Jerusalem--because the Spirit was to glorify the existing economy, by descending on the disciples at its metropolitan seat, and at the next of its great festivals after the ascension of the Church's Head; in order that "out of Zion might go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem" (Isa 2:3; and compare Luk 24:49).”

“And being assembled together - Margin, “or, eating together.” This sense is given to this place in the Latin Vulgate, the Ethiopic, and the Syriac versions. But the Greek word has not properly this signification. It has the meaning of “congregating, or assembling.” It should have been, however, translated in the active sense, “and having assembled them together.” The apostles were scattered after his death. But this passage denotes that he had assembled them together by his authority, for the purpose of giving them a charge respecting their conduct when he should have left them. When this occurred does not appear from the narrative; but it is probable that it was not long before his…”

“Wait for the promise of the Father, which ye have heard from me - When he was with them a little before, as it is recorded, Luk 24:49. Acts 1:5”

“1:4 until the Father sends you the gift he promised: See 2:1-13; cp. John 14:15-17.”

“being assembled together: or, eating together, Act 10:41; Luk 24:41-43 commanded: Luk 24:49 the promise: Act 2:33; Mat 10:20; Luk 11:13, Luk 12:12; Joh 7:39, Joh 14:16, Joh 14:26-28, Joh 15:26; Joh 16:7-15, Joh 20:22 Acts 1:5”