² until the day he was taken up to heaven after giving his chosen apostles further instructions through the Holy Spirit.

⁹ After saying this, he was taken up into a cloud while they were watching, and they could no longer see him.

Jesus Predicts His Betrayal

¹⁸ “I am not saying these things to all of you; I know the ones I have chosen. But this fulfills the Scripture that says, ‘The one who eats my food has turned against me.’^[a]

²⁴ For Christ did not enter into a holy place made with human hands, which was only a copy of the true one in heaven. He entered into heaven itself to appear now before God on our behalf.

³⁸ And you know that God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. Then Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.

²¹ Again he said, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I am sending you.”

⁸ That is why the Scriptures say,

⁹ Notice that it says “he ascended.” This clearly means that Christ also descended to our lowly world.^{[b] 10} And the same one who descended is the one who ascended higher than all the heavens, so that he might fill the entire universe with himself.

²⁰ Together, we are his house, built on the foundation of the apostles and the prophets. And the cornerstone is Christ Jesus himself.

²⁸ Yes, I came from the Father into the world, and now I will leave the world and return to the Father.”

³ Jesus knew that the Father had given him authority over everything and that he had come from God and would return to God.