The Ascension

50 And (A)he led them out as far as (B)Bethany, and lifting up his hands he blessed them. 51 While he blessed them, (C)he parted from them and was carried up into heaven. 52 And they (D)worshiped him and (E)returned to Jerusalem (F)with great joy, 53 and (G)were continually in the temple (H)blessing God.

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The Ascension

So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, (A)will you at this time (B)restore the kingdom to Israel?” He said to them, (C)“It is not for you to know (D)times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority. But you will receive (E)power (F)when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and (G)you will be (H)my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and (I)Samaria, and (J)to the end of the earth.” And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, (K)he was lifted up, and (L)a cloud took him out of their sight. 10 And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, (M)two (N)men stood by them in (O)white robes, 11 and said, (P)“Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, (Q)will (R)come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.”

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((A)In saying, “He ascended,” what does it mean but that he had also descended into (B)the lower regions, the earth?[a] 10 He who descended is the one who also (C)ascended (D)far above all the heavens, that he might (E)fill all things.)

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 4:9 Or the lower parts of the earth?

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