So then, after the Lord Jesus had spoken to them He was taken up to heaven, where He sat down at the right side of God.
Luke 24:51 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) And it happened, as He was blessing them, that He left them and was taken up to heaven. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And it occurred that while He was blessing them, He parted from them and was taken up into heaven. American Standard Version (1901) And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he parted from them, and was carried up into heaven. Common English Bible As he blessed them, he left them and was taken up to heaven. Catholic Public Domain Version And it happened that, while he was blessing them, he withdrew from them, and he was carried up into heaven. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And it came to pass, whilst he blessed them, he departed from them, and was carried up to heaven. |
So then, after the Lord Jesus had spoken to them He was taken up to heaven, where He sat down at the right side of God.
Then Jesus led His apostles out [of Jerusalem] until they came near to Bethany [Note: This was a village fewer than two miles east of Jerusalem]. [There] He raised His hands and asked God’s blessing on them.
And the apostles worshiped Jesus, then returned to Jerusalem with great joy.
Jesus said to her, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not ascended to the Father yet [Note: Apparently Jesus was discouraging Mary from embracing Him in worship as was done in Matt. 28:9, and thereby causing a delay of when the rest of the disciples would learn of His resurrection], but go to my brothers and tell them [I said] ‘I am [about] to ascend to my Father and to your Father, and to my God and your God.’”
And when Jesus had said these things, just as the apostles were watching [Him], He was taken up by a cloud [and disappeared] out of their sight.
This Son expresses the radiance of God’s splendor and represents His very Being, and He sustains everything by His powerful word. After He had provided cleansing for [people’s] sins, He sat down at the right side of the Majesty [i.e., God] on high [i.e., in heaven].
Since then we [Christians] have [such] a great Head Priest, who has passed through the skies [i.e., ascended to heaven. See Acts 1:9], Jesus, the Son of God, we should remain true to our profession [of faith in Him].