Acts 1:9
And when he had said these things, while they were looking, he was taken up, and went from their view into a cloud.
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Exodus 19:9And the Lord said to Moses, See, I will come to you in a thick cloud, so that what I say to you may come to the ears of the people and they may have belief in you for ever. And Moses gave the Lord word of what the people had said.
Psalms 68:18\68:17\The war-carriage of God is among Israel's thousands; the Lord has come from Sinai to the holy place.
Daniel 7:13I saw in visions of the night, and there was coming with the clouds of heaven one like a man, and he came to the one who was very old, and they took him near before him.
Luke 21:27And then they will see the Son of man coming in a cloud, with power and great glory.
John 6:62What then will you say if you see the Son of man going up to where he was before?
Ephesians 4:8For this reason he says, He went up on high, taking his prisoners with him, and gave freely to men.
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 →