Now when all the people were baptized and when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, the heaven was opened,
In the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I was among the exiles by the River Chebar, the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.
And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone,
Meanwhile, he would slip away to deserted places and pray.
Once when Jesus was praying alone, with only the disciples near him, he asked them, “Who do the crowds say that I am?”
And he said to him, “Very truly, I tell you, you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man.”
beginning from the baptism of John until the day when he was taken up from us—one of these must become a witness with us to his resurrection.”