Acts 1:11

who also said: Men of Galilee, why stand you gazing up into heaven? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, shall come in the same manner in which you saw him go into heaven.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.

In Context

10And while they were looking earnestly toward heaven, as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white raiment,

12Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a sabbath-day’s journey.

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Cross References

Matthew 16:27For the Son of man will come in the glory of his Father, with his angels; and then he will reward every one according to his deeds.

Matthew 25:31When the Son of man shall come in his own glory, and all the holy angels with him, then will he sit on the throne of his own glory;

Mark 14:70He again denied. And again, after a little while, those who stood by said to Peter: Surely, you are one of them; for you are a Galilean, and your speech is like theirs.

Luke 24:5And while they feared and bowed their faces to the earth, they said to them: Why seek you among the dead for him that lives?

Acts 2:7They were amazed and astonished, and said one to another: Are not all these that are speaking, Galileans?

Acts 13:31And he was seen for many days by those who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses to the people.

Matthew Henry on Acts 1:7-12

Christ's Address to His Apostles; Christ's Ascension into Heaven. 6 When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? 7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power. 8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judæa, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the… Read the whole commentary →

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