Matthew Poole and continuators on Luke 24:49

49 And behold, I send the promise of my father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be indued with power from on high.

It is questioned by none, but by the promise of the Father, our Lord meaneth the promise of the Spirit, as it came down in the Days of Pentecost. This Effusion of the Spirit was promised under the Old Testament, Isaiah 44.3. Ierem. 31.33. Ezech. 36.27. Most eminently, Ioel 2.28. (The Apostle himself interpreting the Prophets. Acts 2.16, 17, 18:) See also Acts 1.8. Where the fulfilling of this promise of the Father, as it is call'd, v. 4. is put before—and ye shall be Witnesses unto me, both in Ierusalem, and in Iudea, and in Samaria, and is also expounded by, And ye shall receive Power, after the Holy Ghost is come upon you. Our Lord also had said, I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever. In this Text he saith, that he will send him; so also Iohn 15.26. and ch. 16.7. thereby confirming his Disciples in this, That he was equal with the Father, and that the Holy Ghost was sent by the Father and him, yet sent by the Father upon the Prayer of the Son, and in his Name, Iohn 14.16, 26. This Holy Spirit is also called Power from on high, the power of the highest, Luke 1.35. But here the Gifts of the Holy Ghost, may be understood as also in Acts 1.8. where this Power is said should be received af[illegible: 1 letter]er that the Holy Ghost should come upon them, until this time should come, which was in the Days of Pentecost, Acts 2.1. The Disciples were bound to stay at Ierusalem ▪ which accordingly they did. And we may from hence conclude, that these Words of our Saviour were spoken to his Disciples, after his appearance to them in Gallilee, (of which Luke saith nothing) which was the place where (as most think) he was seen of above five hundred Brethren at once, 1 Cor. 15.6.

Marginal references: John 14.16:[illegible: 2 letters] & 15.26▪ [illegible: 1 word] 16.17: Acts 1.4. & [illegible: 1 letter]er. &c.