Acts 1:10

While they were still gazing up into the heavens, as he went, suddenly two men, clothed in white, stood beside them,

Twentieth Century New Testament

In The King James Version

And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;

In Context

9No sooner had Jesus said this than he was caught up before their eyes, and a cloud received him from their sight.

11and said: “Men of Galilee, why are you standing here looking up into the heavens? This very Jesus, who has been taken from you into the heavens, will come in the very way in which you have seen him go into the heavens.”

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Cross References

Matthew 17:2There his appearance was transformed before their eyes; his face shown like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light.

Mark 16:5Going into the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on their right, in a white robe, and they were dismayed; but he said to them:

John 20:12and perceived two angels clothed in white sitting there, where the body of Jesus had been lying, one where the head and the other where the feet had been.

Acts 10:30“Just three days ago this very hour,” Cornelius said, “I was in my house, saying the Afternoon Prayers, when a man in dazzling clothing suddenly stood before me.

Revelation 7:14‘My Lord,’ I answered, ‘it is you who know.’ ‘These,’ he said, ‘are they who come through the Great Persecution; they washed their robes white in the blood of the Lamb.

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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