And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes,

and said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.”

And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting.

Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven.

And I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke;

For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he himself says, “‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand,

whom heaven must receive until the time for restoring all the things about which God spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets long ago.

And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”

And when they heard it, they lifted their voices together to God and said, “Sovereign Lord, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in them,

But God turned away and gave them over to worship the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: “‘Did you bring to me slain beasts and sacrifices, during the forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

“‘Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house will you build for me, says the Lord, or what is the place of my rest?

But he, full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.

And he said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.”

Now as he went on his way, he approached Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven shone around him.

and saw the heavens opened and something like a great sheet descending, being let down by its four corners upon the earth.

This happened three times, and the thing was taken up at once to heaven.

“I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision, something like a great sheet descending, being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came down to me.

But the voice answered a second time from heaven, ‘What God has made clean, do not call common.’

This happened three times, and all was drawn up again into heaven.

“Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men, of like nature with you, and we bring you good news, that you should turn from these vain things to a living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them.

Yet he did not leave himself without witness, for he did good by giving you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with food and gladness.”

The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man,

“As I was on my way and drew near to Damascus, about noon a great light from heaven suddenly shone around me.

At midday, O king, I saw on the way a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, that shone around me and those who journeyed with me.

“Therefore, O King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,