Luke 9:51

God's Word

The time was coming closer for Jesus to be taken to heaven. So he was determined to go to Jerusalem.

Cross References

2 Kings 2:11

As they continued walking and talking, a fiery chariot with fiery horses separated the two of them, and Elijah went to heaven in a windstorm.

Mark 16:19

After talking with the apostles, the Lord was taken to heaven, where he received the honored position—the one next to God the Father on the throne.

Luke 12:50

I have a baptism to go through, and I will suffer until it is over.

Luke 13:22

Then Jesus traveled and taught in one city and village after another on his way to Jerusalem.

Luke 17:11

Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee on his way to Jerusalem.

Luke 18:31

Jesus took the twelve apostles aside and said to them, “We’re going to Jerusalem. Everything that the prophets wrote about the Son of Man will come true.

Luke 19:11

Jesus was getting closer to Jerusalem, and the people thought that God’s kingdom would appear suddenly. While Jesus had the people’s attention, he used this illustration.

Luke 19:28

After Jesus had given this illustration, he continued on his way to Jerusalem.

Luke 24:51

While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken to heaven.

Luke 9:57

As they were walking along the road, a man said to Jesus, “I’ll follow you wherever you go.”

John 13:1

Before the Passover festival, Jesus knew that the time had come for him to leave this world and go back to the Father. Jesus loved his own who were in the world, and he loved them to the end.

John 16:28

I left the Father and came into the world. Again, ⌞as I’ve said,⌟ I’m going to leave the world and go back to the Father.”

John 16:5

“Now I’m going to the one who sent me. Yet, none of you asks me where I’m going.

John 17:11

I won’t be in the world much longer, but they are in the world, and I’m coming back to you. Holy Father, keep them safe by the power of your name, the name that you gave me, so that their unity may be like ours.

John 6:62

What if you see the Son of Man go where he was before?

Acts 1:2

until the day he was taken to heaven. Before he was taken to heaven, he gave instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles, whom he had chosen.

Acts 1:9

After he had said this, he was taken to heaven. A cloud hid him so that they could no longer see him.

Ephesians 1:20

He worked with that same power in Christ when he brought him back to life and gave him the honored position—the one next to God the Father on the heavenly throne.

Philippians 3:14

I run straight toward the goal to win the prize that God’s heavenly call offers in Christ Jesus.

1 Timothy 3:16

The mystery that gives us our reverence for God is acknowledged to be great: He  appeared in his human nature, was approved by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was announced throughout the nations, was believed in the world, and was taken to heaven in glory.

Hebrews 12:2

We must focus on Jesus, the source and goal of our faith. He saw the joy ahead of him, so he endured death on the cross and ignored the disgrace it brought him. Now he holds the honored position—the one next to God the Father on the heavenly throne.

Hebrews 6:20

where Jesus went before us on our behalf. He has become the chief priest forever in the way Melchizedek was a priest.

1 Peter 3:22

Now Christ has gone to heaven where he holds the honored position—the one next to God the Father on the throne. Angels, rulers, and powers have been placed under his authority.