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Acts 1:12

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

KJV

Τότε ὑπέστρεψαν εἰς Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἀπὸ ὄρους τοῦ καλουμένου ἐλαιῶνος, ὅ ἐστιν ἐγγὺς Ἱερουσαλὴμ σαββάτου ἔχον ὁδόν.

Greek NT

Tunc reversi sunt Jerosolymam a monte qui vocatur Oliveti, qui est juxta Jerusalem, sabbati habens iter.

Vulgate

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

ASV

Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount that is called Olivet, which is nigh Jerusalem, within a sabbath day's journey.

Douay-Rheims

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Places Mount of Olives

In the original Greek

15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
καλέω
kaleo
verb · 148×
σάββατον
sabbaton
noun · 68×
τότε
tote
adverb · 157×
ἀπό
apo
preposition · 640×
ἐγγύς
eggus
adverb · 30×
ἐλαιών
elaion
noun · 1×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
Ἱερουσαλήμ
ierousalem
noun · 79×
o
article · 19778×
ὁδός
odos
noun · 101×
ὄρος
oros
noun · 64×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
ὑποστρέφω
upostrepho
verb · 36×

Intertextual echoes

This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.

  • Zech 14:4 · allusion
    "And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and…"
    Zechariah: his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives — the ascension

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

1. We have discussed in the preceding book those subjects in ecclesiastical history which it was necessary to treat by way of introduction, and have accompanied them with brief proofs. Such were the divinity of the saving Word, and the antiquity of the doctrines which we teach, as well as of that evangelical life which is led by Christians, together with the events which have t…

Cross-references

  • 2Sam 15:30 — And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot: and all the people that was with him covered every man his head, and they went
  • Luke 19:29 — And it came to pass, when he was come nigh to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount called the mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,
  • Luke 21:37 — And in the day time he was teaching in the temple; and at night he went out, and abode in the mount that is called the mount of Olives.
  • Luke 21:37 — And in the day time he was teaching in the temple; and at night he went out, and abode in the mount that is called the mount of Olives.
  • Luke 24:50 — And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.
  • Luke 24:50 — And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.
  • Luke 24:52 — And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy:
  • Mark 11:1 — And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two of his disciples,
  • Matt 21:1 — And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples,
  • Matt 21:1 — And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples,
  • Matt 24:3 — And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
  • Matt 24:20 — But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:
  • Matt 26:30 — And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.
  • Zech 14:4 — And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and