Acts 1:11

and they said to them, Men, Galiloyee, why stand you looking to the heavens 3? this Jeshu who is taken up from you into the heavens will so come as you have seen him ascend into the heavens.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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 looked to the heavens as he went, two men were found standing with them in white vestments;

12And afterward they returned to Urishlem from the mount which is called the place of Olives, which is over against Urishlem, and distant from her as seven stadias.

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Cross References

Matthew 16:27For it is to be, that the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his holy angels, and then shall he render unto every man according to his works.

Matthew 25:31WHEN the Son of man cometh in his glory, and all his holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory.

Mark 14:70But he again denied. And after a little while those who stood said to Kipha, Assuredly thou art from them, for thou art also a Galiloia, and thy speech is similar.

Luke 24:5and they were in fear, and bowed their faces to the earth. And they said to them, Why are you seeking the living with the dead?

Acts 2:7(And) they were all astonished, and wondered, saying one to another, These all who speak, behold, are they not Galiloyee?

Acts 13:31And he was seen days many by those who had come up with him from Galila to Urishlem, and they are now his witnesses unto 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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