Now when all the people were baptized, Jesus also was baptized, and while He was praying, heaven was opened,
Now it came about in the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was by the river Chebar among the exiles, the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God.
After He had sent the crowds away, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray; and when it was evening, He was there alone.
But Jesus Himself would often slip away to the wilderness and pray.
And it happened that while He was praying alone, the disciples were with Him, and He questioned them, saying, “Who do the people say that I am?”
And He *said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”
beginning with the baptism of John until the day that He was taken up from us—one of these must become a witness with us of His resurrection.”