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Acts 1:11

and they said: “Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into the sky? This very Jesus who is being taken up from you into the sky, He will come again in the precise manner that you observed Him going into the sky.”

Family 35 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 as they were staring into the sky, while He was going, suddenly two men in white clothing stood beside them;

12They then returned to Jerusalem from the mount called ‘of Olives’, which is near Jerusalem (a Sabbath day's journey).

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Cross References

Matthew 16:27For the Son of the Man will certainly come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then He will recompense each according to his performance.

Matthew 25:31“When the Son of the Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on His throne of glory.

Mark 14:70But again he kept denying it. Again, after a little while, those who were standing by said to Peter, “Surely you are one of them; because you really are a Galilean, and your accent agrees!”

Luke 24:5Then, as they were afraid and bowed their faces to the ground, they said to them: “Why do you seek the living One among the dead?

Acts 2:7So they were amazed and marveled, saying to one another: “Hey, aren't all these who are speaking Galileans?

Acts 13:31and for many days He was seen 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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