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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12 And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.

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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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14 Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof.

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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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12 And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.

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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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Footnotes

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

Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.

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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 we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.

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

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For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:

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Godly men buried Stephen and mourned deeply for him.

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

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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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And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.

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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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Footnotes

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

13 And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in 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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51 And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.

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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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15 And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.

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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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19 So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.

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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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57 The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.

He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.

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