Acts 1:11

and said, Men of Galilee, what stand ye beholding into heaven? This Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall come (back), as ye saw him going into heaven. (and said, Men of Galilee, why stand ye looking up into the heavens? This Jesus, who is taken up from you to heaven, shall come back, as ye saw him going to heaven.)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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 when they beheld him going into heaven (or And after they saw him go up into the heavens), lo! two men stood beside them in white clothing,

12Then they turned again to Jerusalem, from the hill that is called of Olivet, which is beside Jerusalem, an holiday’s journey [or having the journey of a sabbath]. (Then they returned to Jerusalem, from the Mount of Olives, which is near Jerusalem, a holy day’s journey away.)

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Cross References

Matthew 16:27For man’s Son shall come in the glory of his Father, with his angels, and then he shall yield to every man after his works.

Matthew 25:31When man’s Son shall come in his majesty, and all his angels with him, then he shall sit on the seat (or on the throne) of his majesty;

Mark 14:70And he again denied. And after a little, again they that stood nigh, said to Peter, Verily, thou art of them, (or Truly, thou art one of them), for thou art of Galilee also.

Luke 24:5And when they dreaded, and bowed their semblance into the earth, they said to them, What seek ye him that liveth with dead men? [or What seek ye the living with the dead?] (And they had fear, or they were afraid, and bowed their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, Why search for him who liveth among the dead?)

Acts 2:7And all were astonied (or astonished), and wondered, and said together, Whether not all these that speak be men of Galilee [or Whether not all these that speak be Galileans],

Acts 13:31which was seen by many days to them that went up together with him from Galilee into Jerusalem, which be till now his witnesses to the people. (who was seen for many days by those who went up together with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who up to the present be 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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