Acts 1:9

And having said these things, while they were looking on, in an aliyah ascent to Shomayim, Moshiach was taken up; and an anan (cloud) took him away from their eyes.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.

In Context

8But you will receive ko'ach when the Ruach Hakodesh has come upon you, and you all will be the Eidus (the Witness) of me, in Yerushalayim, and in all Yehudah, and Shomron and as far as ad ketzeh ha'aretz.

10And as they were gazing intently into Shomayim, while Moshiach was going — hinei — two beings, enrobed in white, had been present with them.

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Cross References

Exodus 19:9And Hashem said unto Moshe, Hinei, I am coming unto thee in a thick cloud, that HaAm may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee l'olam. Then Moshe told the words of HaAm unto Hashem.

Psalms 68:18The merkavot of Elohim are myriads, 1 a thousand thousands; 1 Adonoi is among them, as in Sinai, in kodesh (holiness). 1

Daniel 7:13I was beholding in visions of the night, 1 and, hinei, one like a Bar Enosh (Ben Adam), + 7:13 Moshiach 1 came with the clouds of Shomayim, 1 and came to the Atik Yomin (Ancient of Days), + 7:13 i.e., Hashem 1 and before Him He was brought. 1

Luke 21:27And then you will see the Bar Enosh + 21:27 Moshiach, Dan 7:13-14 and his Bias HaMoshiach on an Anan (Cloud) with gevurah (miraculous power of Hashem) and kavod rav (great glory).

John 6:62What if you behold the Bar Enosh ascending where he was Bereshis?

Ephesians 4:8Therefore it says, ALITA LAMMAROM SHAVITA SHEVI LAKACHTA MATANOT + 4:8 Ps 68:18 [19] (You ascended to the height, you led captive, you received gifts), He has led captive a host of captives, He had brought matanot (gifts) to Bnei Adam.

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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