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The Ascension

Luke 24:51

In 9 translations

BSB
While He was blessing them, He left them and was carried up into heaven.
KJV
And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.
WEB
While he blessed them, he withdrew from them and was carried up into heaven.
ASV
And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he parted from them, and was carried up into heaven.
LSV
and it came to pass, in His blessing them, He was parted from them, and was carried up into Heaven;
YLT
and it came to pass, in his blessing them, he was parted from them, and was borne up to the heaven;
DBY
And it came to pass as he was blessing them, he was separated from them and was carried up into heaven.
DRC
And it came to pass, whilst he blessed them, he departed from them, and was carried up to heaven.
GNV
And it came to passe, that as he blessed them, he departed from them, and was caried vp into heauen.

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  • SBLGNT: καὶ ἀνεφέρετο εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν. Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont read καὶ ἀνεφέρετο εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν; Westcott and Hort (1881) (double brackets) bracket καὶ ἀνεφέρετο εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ εὐλογεῖν αὐτὸν αὐτοὺς διέστη ἀπʼ αὐτῶν [καὶ ἀνεφέρετο εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν].
RP2018
Καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ εὐλογεῖν αὐτὸν αὐτούς, διέστη ἀπ’ αὐτῶν, καὶ ἀνεφέρετο εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν.
TR-Boyd
Καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ εὐλογεῖν αὐτὸν αὐτούς, διέστη ἀπ᾿ αὐτῶν, καὶ ἀνεφέρετο εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν.
SCR1894
και εγενετο εν τω ευλογειν αυτον αυτους διεστη απ αυτων και ανεφερετο εις τον ουρανον

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◆ Holy Week◆ Resurrection and Ascension

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Acts 1:9After He had said this, they watched as He was taken up, and a cloud hid Him from their sight.
  • John 20:17“Do not cling to Me,” Jesus said, “for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go and tell My brothers, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God.’”
  • 2 Kings 2:11As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire with horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up into heaven in a whirlwind.
  • Mark 16:19After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, He was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.
  • Hebrews 4:14Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we profess.
  • Hebrews 1:3The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on…
  • Ephesians 4:8–10This is why it says: “When He ascended on high, He led captives away, and gave gifts to men.” What does “He ascended” mean, except that He also descended to the lower parts of the earth? He who descended is the very…

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