The Ascension

⁵⁰ And ^(A)he led them out as far as ^(B)Bethany, and lifting up his hands he blessed them. ⁵¹ While he blessed them, ^(C)he parted from them and was carried up into heaven. ⁵² And they ^(D)worshiped him and ^(E)returned to Jerusalem ^(F)with great joy, ⁵³ and ^(G)were continually in the temple ^(H)blessing God.

The Ascension

⁶ So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, ^(A)will you at this time ^(B)restore the kingdom to Israel?” ⁷ He said to them, ^(C)“It is not for you to know ^(D)times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority. ⁸ But you will receive ^(E)power ^(F)when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and ^(G)you will be ^(H)my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and ^(I)Samaria, and ^(J)to the end of the earth.” ⁹ And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, ^(K)he was lifted up, and ^(L)a cloud took him out of their sight. ¹⁰ And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, ^(M)two ^(N)men stood by them in ^(O)white robes, ¹¹ and said, ^(P)“Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, ^(Q)will ^(R)come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.”

⁹ (^(A)In saying, “He ascended,” what does it mean but that he had also descended into ^(B)the lower regions, the earth?^{[a] 10} He who descended is the one who also ^(C)ascended ^(D)far above all the heavens, that he might ^(E)fill all things.)