Acts 1:11

and saying to them: Ye Galilean men, why stand ye and look toward heaven? This Jesus, who is taken up from you to heaven, will so come, as ye have seen him ascend to heaven.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 were looking toward heav, as he departed, two men were found standing near them, in white garments,

12And afterwards they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called the place of Olives, which was near to Jerusalem, and distant from it about seven furlongs.

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Cross References

Matthew 16:27For the Son of man is to come in the glory of his Father, with all his holy angels; and then will he recompense to every man as his deeds are.

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

Mark 14:70And he again denied it. And a little after, those standing there said again to Cephas: Surely, thou art one of them; for thou art likewise a Galilean, and thy speech answers to it.

Luke 24:5And they were in fear, and bowed their faces to the ground. And the men said to them: Why seek ye the living among the dead?

Acts 2:7And they were all astonished, and wondered, saying one to another: All these who speak behold, are they not Galileans?

Acts 13:31And he was seen many days, by them who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem; and they are now 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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