The Ascension of Jesus

⁵⁰ When he had led them out to the vicinity of Bethany,^(A) he lifted up his hands and blessed them.

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

⁶² Then what if you see the Son of Man^(A) ascend to where he was before!^(B)

⁹ After he said this, he was taken up^(A) before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight.

¹⁰ They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white^(B) stood beside them. ¹¹ “Men of Galilee,”^(C) they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back^(D) in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.”

¹⁶ Beyond all question, the mystery^(A) from which true godliness^(B) springs is great: