12 And Elisha saw it, and he cried out, (A)“My father, my father, the chariot of Israel and its horsemen!” So he saw him no more. And he took hold of his own clothes and tore them into two pieces.

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12 Elisha saw this and cried out, “My father! My father! The chariots(A) and horsemen of Israel!” And Elisha saw him no more. Then he took hold of his garment and tore(B) it in two.

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Death of Elisha

14 Elisha had become sick with the illness of which he would die. Then Joash the king of Israel came down to him, and wept over his face, and said, “O my father, my father, (A)the chariots of Israel and their horsemen!”

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14 Now Elisha had been suffering from the illness from which he died. Jehoash king of Israel went down to see him and wept over him. “My father! My father!” he cried. “The chariots(A) and horsemen of Israel!”

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12 And [a]they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here.” (A)And they ascended to heaven (B)in a cloud, (C)and their enemies saw them.

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  1. Revelation 11:12 M I

12 Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here.”(A) And they went up to heaven in a cloud,(B) while their enemies looked on.

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Therefore He says:

(A)“When He ascended on high,
He led captivity captive,
And gave gifts to men.”

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This is why it[a] says:

“When he ascended on high,
    he took many captives(A)
    and gave gifts to his people.”[b](B)

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  1. Ephesians 4:8 Or God
  2. Ephesians 4:8 Psalm 68:18

For we who are in this tent groan, being burdened, not because we want to be unclothed, (A)but further clothed, that mortality may be swallowed up by life.

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For while we are in this tent, we groan(A) and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling,(B) so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.

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For in this (A)we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed with our [a]habitation which is from heaven,

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  1. 2 Corinthians 5:2 dwelling

Meanwhile we groan,(A) longing to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling,(B)

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And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and (A)made great lamentation over him.

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Godly men buried Stephen and mourned deeply for him.

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Jesus Ascends to Heaven(A)

(B)Now when He had spoken these things, while they watched, (C)He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight.

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

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13 (A)No one has ascended to heaven but He who came down from heaven, that is, the Son of Man [a]who is in heaven.

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  1. John 3:13 NU omits who is in heaven

13 No one has ever gone into heaven(A) except the one who came from heaven(B)—the Son of Man.[a](C)

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  1. John 3:13 Some manuscripts Man, who is in heaven

51 (A)Now it came to pass, while He blessed them, that He was parted from them and carried up into heaven.

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51 While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up into heaven.(A)

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15 So it was, when the angels had gone away from them into heaven, that the shepherds said to one another, “Let us now go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has come to pass, which the Lord has made known to us.”

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15 When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.”

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Christ Ascends to God’s Right Hand(A)

19 So then, (B)after the Lord had spoken to them, He was (C)received up into heaven, and (D)sat down at the right hand of God.

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19 After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven(A) and he sat at the right hand of God.(B)

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Israel’s Futile Idolatry

57 The righteous perishes,
And no man takes it to heart;
(A)Merciful men are taken away,
(B)While no one considers
That the righteous is taken away from [a]evil.
He shall enter into peace;
They shall rest in (C)their beds,
Each one walking in his uprightness.

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  1. Isaiah 57:1 Lit. the face of evil

57 The righteous perish,(A)
    and no one takes it to heart;(B)
the devout are taken away,
    and no one understands
that the righteous are taken away
    to be spared from evil.(C)
Those who walk uprightly(D)
    enter into peace;
    they find rest(E) as they lie in death.

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