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Jesus is Taken up to Heaven(A)

50 Later, he led them out as far as Bethany, lifted up his hands, and blessed them. 51 While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up to heaven.[a] 52 They worshipped him and[b] returned to Jerusalem filled with great joy. 53 They were continually in the Temple, blessing[c] God.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 24:51 Other mss. lack and was taken up to heaven
  2. Luke 24:52 Other mss. lack worshipped him and
  3. Luke 24:53 Other mss. read praising; still other mss. read praising and blessing
  4. Luke 24:53 Other mss. read God. Amen.

The Ascension of Jesus

50 When he had led them out to the vicinity of Bethany,(A) he lifted up his hands and blessed them. 51 While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up into heaven.(B) 52 Then they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy. 53 And they stayed continually at the temple,(C) praising God.

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Jesus Goes Up to Heaven

After saying this, Jesus[a] was taken up while those who had gathered together[b] were watching, and a cloud took him out of their sight. 10 While he was going and they were gazing up toward heaven, two men in white robes stood right beside them. 11 They asked, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up toward heaven? This same Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you saw him go up into heaven.”

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 1:9 Lit. he
  2. Acts 1:9 Lit. while they

After he said this, he was taken up(A) before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight.

10 They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white(B) stood beside them. 11 “Men of Galilee,”(C) they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back(D) in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.”

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