⁵¹ When the days were approaching for ^(A)His ^[a]ascension, He ^[b]was determined ^(B)to go to Jerusalem;

⁵¹ While He was blessing them, He parted from them and was carried up into heaven.

⁶² What then if you see ^(A)the Son of Man ^(B)ascending to where He was before?

¹⁷ Jesus *said to her, “Stop clinging to Me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to ^(A)My brethren and say to them, ‘I ^(B)ascend to My Father and your Father, and My God and your God.’”

² until the day when He ^(A)was taken up to heaven, after He ^(B)had ^[a]by the Holy Spirit given orders to ^(C)the apostles whom He had ^(D)chosen.

The Ascension

⁹ And after He had said these things, ^(A)He was lifted up while they were looking on, and a cloud received Him out of their sight. ¹⁰ And as they were gazing intently into ^[a]the sky while He was going, behold, ^(B)two men in white clothing stood beside them. ¹¹ They also said, “^(C)Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into ^[b]the sky? This Jesus, who ^(D)has been taken up from you into heaven, will ^(E)come in just the same way as you have watched Him go into heaven.”

¹⁶ By common confession, great is ^(A)the mystery of godliness: