Acts 1:9

And when he had said these things, in their sight he was lifted up, and a cloud received him from their eyes.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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 ye shall take the virtue of the Holy Ghost coming from above into you (or but ye shall receive power when the Holy Spirit coming from above goeth into you), and ye shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and to the utmost [or to the uttermost] of the earth.

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,

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Cross References

Exodus 19:9the Lord said to him, Right now I shall come to thee in the darkness of a cloud, (so) that the people hear me speaking to thee, and believe to thee [into] without end (or and then they shall always believe thee). Therefore Moses told the words of the people to the Lord,

Psalms 68:18Thou ascendedest on high, thou tookest captivity (captive); thou receivedest gifts among men. For why thou tookest (also from) them that believed not; for to dwell in the Lord God. (Thou ascendedest on high, thou tookest the captivity captive; thou receivedest gifts, or tribute, from people. But thou also receivedest gifts from those who believed not or from those who were rebellious; so that the Lord God might live among them.)

Daniel 7:13Therefore I beheld in the vision of (the) night, and lo! (one) as a son of man came with the clouds of heaven; and he came fully till to the Eld of days, and in the sight of him they offered him. (And so I watched in the vision of the night, and behold! one like the son of a man or one like the Son of man came with the clouds of the heavens; and he came unto the Old, (or the Ancient), of Days, and was presented to him.)

Luke 21:27And then they shall see man’s Son coming in a cloud, with great power and majesty. (And then they shall see man’s Son coming on a cloud, with great power and majesty.)

John 6:62Therefore if ye see man’s Son ascending [up], where he was before? (And so what if ye see man’s Son ascending up, to the place where he was before?)

Ephesians 4:8for which thing he saith, He ascending on high, led captivity captive, he gave gifts to men.

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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