Luke 24:51
While He was blessing them, He left them and was carried up into heaven.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.
In Context
50When Jesus had led them out as far as Bethany, He lifted up His hands and blessed them.
52And they worshiped Him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy,
Cross References
2 Kings 2:11As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire with horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up into heaven in a whirlwind.
John 20:17“Do not cling to Me,” Jesus said, “for I have not yet ascended to My Father. But go and tell My brothers, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God.’”
Ephesians 4:8This is why it says: “When He ascended on high, He led captives away, and gave gifts to men.”
Hebrews 4:14Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we profess.
Matthew Henry on Luke 24:51-53
Christ's Ascension. 50 And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them. 51 And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven. 52 And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy: 53 And were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen. This evangelist omits the solemn meeting between Christ and his disciples in Galilee; but what he said to them there, and at other interviews, he subjoins to what he… Read the whole commentary →