And while blessing them, He departed from them and was taken up into heaven.
John 16:28 - Tree of Life Version I came forth from the Father and have come into the world. Again I am leaving the world and going to the Father.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I came out from the Father and have come into the world; again, I am leaving the world and going to the Father. American Standard Version (1901) I came out from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go unto the Father. Common English Bible I left the Father and came into the world. I tell you again: I am leaving the world and returning to the Father.” Catholic Public Domain Version I went forth from the Father, and I have come into the world. Next I am leaving the world, and I am going to the Father." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again I leave the world, and I go to the Father. |
And while blessing them, He departed from them and was taken up into heaven.
When the days were approaching for Him to be taken up, Yeshua was determined to go up to Jerusalem.
Now it was just before the feast of Passover. Yeshua 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 until the end.
Yeshua knew that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come from God and was returning to God.
You’ve heard Me say, ‘I am going away and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved Me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I.
concerning righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you will no longer see Me;
“A little while, and you will no longer see Me; and again in a little while, you will see Me.”
Now we know that You know everything and have no need to be asked anything. By this we believe that You came forth from God.”
“But now I am going to the One who sent Me, and not one of you is asking 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, keep them in Your name that You have given Me, so that they may be one just as We are.
“But now I am coming to You. I say these words while I am still in the world, so that they may have My joy made full in themselves.
Now, Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world came to be.”
Yeshua answered them, “Even if I testify about Myself, My testimony is valid. For I know where I came from and where I am going. But you don’t know where I come from or where I am going.
Yeshua said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for from God I came and now I am here. For I have not come on My own, but He sent Me.