Luke 24:50 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁵⁰ 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.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵⁰ And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵⁰ Then He conducted them out as far as Bethany, and, lifting up His hands, He invoked a blessing on them.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵⁰ And he led them out until they were over against Bethany: and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.

Common English Bible

⁵⁰ He led them out as far as Bethany, where he lifted his hands and blessed them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵⁰ Then he led them out as far as Bethania. And lifting up his hands, he blessed them.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵⁰ And he led them out as far as Bethania: and lifting up his hands, he blessed them.

Luke 24:50 Cross References

Matthew 21:17

He then left them and went out of the city [of Jerusalem] to Bethany [Note: This was a small village near Bethphage] and stayed there [i.e., probably at the home of Mary, Martha and Lazarus. See John 11:1].

Mark 10:16

Then He lifted up the children into His arms, and placing His hands on them, He asked God’s blessing on them.

Mark 11:1

And when they [all] approached Jerusalem, and came close to Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mount of Olives [Note: These small villages were about two miles east of Jerusalem], He sent two of His disciples on ahead,

Luke 24:51

And it happened, as He was blessing them, that He left them and was taken up to heaven.

Acts 1:12

Then the apostles returned to Jerusalem from the place called “Mount of Olives,” which was about three-fourths of a mile from Jerusalem.

Acts 1:9

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.

1 Timothy 2:8

Therefore, I want the men to pray in every place [i.e., in all worship assemblies. See verses 1-2], lifting up holy hands without being angry or argumentative. [Note: This passage stresses both the physical and spiritual aspects of prayer].