As they continued walking and talking, a chariot of fire with horses of fire suddenly appeared and separated the two of them. Then Elijah went up into heaven in the whirlwind.
Luke 9:51 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised When the days were coming to a close for him to be taken up, he determined , to journey to Jerusalem. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Now when the time was almost come for Jesus to be received up [to heaven], He steadfastly and determinedly set His face to go to Jerusalem. American Standard Version (1901) And it came to pass, when the days were well-nigh come that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem, Common English Bible As the time approached when Jesus was to be taken up into heaven, he determined to go to Jerusalem. Catholic Public Domain Version Now it happened that, while the days of his dissipation were being completed, he steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And it came to pass, when the days of his assumption were accomplishing, that he steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem. |
As they continued walking and talking, a chariot of fire with horses of fire suddenly appeared and separated the two of them. Then Elijah went up into heaven in the whirlwind.
So the Lord Jesus, after speaking to them, was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.
But I have a baptism to undergo, and how it consumes me until it is finished!
He went through one town and village after another, teaching and making his way to Jerusalem.
While travelling to Jerusalem, he passed between Samaria and Galilee.
Then he took the Twelve aside and told them, ‘See, we are going up to Jerusalem. Everything that is written through the prophets about the Son of Man will be accomplished.
As they were listening to this, he went on to tell a parable because he was near Jerusalem, and they thought the kingdom of God was going to appear straight away.
When he had said these things, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.
And while he was blessing them, he left them and was carried up into heaven.
As they were travelling on the road someone said to him, ‘I will follow you wherever you go.’
Before the Passover Festival, Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.
I came from the Father and have come into the world. Again, I am leaving the world and going to the Father.’
But now I am going away to him who sent me, and not one of you asks me, “Where are you going? ”
I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by your name that you have given me, so that they may be one as we are one.
Then what if you were to observe the Son of Man ascending to where he was before?
until the day he was taken up, after he had given instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen.
After he had said this, he was taken up as they were watching, and a cloud took him out of their sight.
He exercised this power in Christ by raising him from the dead and seating him at his right hand in the heavens #– #
I pursue as my goal the prize promised by God’s heavenly call in Christ Jesus.
And most certainly, the mystery of godliness is great: He was manifested in the flesh, vindicated in the Spirit, seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory.
keeping our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith. For the joy that lay before him, he endured the cross, despising the shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Jesus has entered there on our behalf as a forerunner, because he has become a high priest for ever according to the order of Melchizedek.
who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God with angels, authorities, and powers subject to him.