Acts 1:10

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Modern

They were looking intently into the sky as He was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them.

Traditional

And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;

Literal

And as they were looking intently into heaven in His going, then behold, two men in white apparel stood by them,

Latin

Cumque intuerentur in cælum euntem illum, ecce duo viri astiterunt juxta illos in vestibus albis,

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English

They were looking intently into the sky as He was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them.

Notes

Acts 1:10

as He was going: The ascension of Jesus into heaven shows his promotion to a position of ultimate authority (see Ephesians 1:19–23; Philippians 2:9–11).

Acts 1:6–11

He was taken up: Jesus ascended into heaven (see also Luke 24:50–53). This happened on the Mount of Olives (Acts 1:12; Luke 24:50). This was the last physical appearance of Jesus. He ascended into heaven, where he will stay "until the time comes for the restoration of all things" (Acts 3:21).

Theme notes and profiles

Simon Peter “He Will Come” God’s Commitment to His People The Ascension of Jesus

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Jesus ascends to Heaven

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