⁹ After he said this, as they were watching, he was lifted up, and a cloud ·hid him from [or took him out of; ^Ca reference to the cloud chariot; Dan. 7:13–14] their sight [^Ca description of Christ’s ascension into heaven]. ¹⁰ As he was going, they were ·looking [staring; gazing] into the ·sky [heavens]. Suddenly, two men wearing white clothes [^Cangels] stood beside them. ¹¹ They said, “Men of Galilee, why are you standing here ·looking into [staring at] ·the sky [heaven]? Jesus, whom you saw taken up from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you saw him go [^Con a cloud; Luke 21:27].”