English Standard Version
Acts 1:11
11and said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven."
Acts 1:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)“Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.”
- New King James Version (NKJV)who also said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven.”
- New Living Translation (NLT)“Men of Galilee,” they said, “why are you standing here staring into heaven? Jesus has been taken from you into heaven, but someday he will return from heaven in the same way you saw him go!”
Context of Acts 1:11
9And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight. 10And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes, and said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven." 12Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey away. 13And when they had entered, they went up to the upper room, where they were staying, Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot and Judas the son of James.
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οἳ καὶ εἶπαν· ἄνδρες Γαλιλαῖοι, τί ἑστήκατε ἐμβλέποντες εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν; οὗτος ὁ Ἰησοῦς ὁ ἀναλημφθεὶς ἀφ᾽ ὑμῶν εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν οὕτως ἐλεύσεται ὃν τρόπον ἐθεάσασθε αὐτὸν πορευόμενον εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν.¶Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- Whichὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
- alsoκαίkai · andG2532
- saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
- Ye menἀνήρanēr · manG435
- of GalileeΓαλιλαῖοςGalilaios · GalileanG1057
- whyτίςtis · which?G5101
- stand yeἵστημιhistēmi · to standG2476
- gazing upἐμβλέπωemblepō · to look into/uponG1689
- intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
- heavenοὐρανόςouranos · heavenG3772
- this sameοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
- JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
- which is taken upἀναλαμβάνωanalambanō · to take upG353
- fromἀπόapo · away fromG575
- youσύsu · youG4771
- shallἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
- soοὕτωςhoutō · thus(-ly)G3779
- in like mannerτρόποςtropos · wayG5158
- ye have seenθεάομαιtheaomai · to look atG2300
- himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- goπορεύωporeuomai · to travelG4198
Cross-references for Acts 1:11
- Acts 2:7And they were amazed and astonished, saying, "Are not all these who are speaking Galileans?
- Acts 13:31and for many days he appeared to those who had come up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses to the people.
- Mark 14:70But again he denied it. And after a little while the bystanders again said to Peter, "Certainly you are one of them, for you are a Galilean."
- Acts 3:12And when Peter saw it he addressed the people: "Men of Israel, why do you wonder at this, or why do you stare at us, as though by our own power or piety we have made him walk?
- Luke 24:5And as they were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, "Why do you seek the living among the dead?
- Daniel 7:13"I saw in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven there came one like a son of man, and he came to the Ancient of Days and was presented before him.
- Matthew 24:30Then will appear in heaven the sign of the Son of Man, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
- Matthew 25:31"When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne.
- Mark 13:26And then they will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory.
- Luke 21:27And then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
- John 14:3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.
- 1 Thessalonians 1:10and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:16For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:7and to grant relief to you who are afflicted as well as to us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels
- Revelation 1:7Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of him. Even so. Amen.
Commentaries on Acts 1:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Gazing up into heaven - Not to the top of a mountain, to which an unbridled fancy, influenced by infidelity, would intimate he had ascended, and not to heaven. This same Jesus - Clothed in human nature, shall so come in like manner - with the same body, descending from heaven by his sovereign and all-controlling power, as ye have seen him go into heaven. Thus shall he come again to judge the quick and the dead. It was a very ancient opinion among…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Ye men of Galilee - Galilee was the place of their former residence, and they were commonly known by the name of Galileans. Why stand ye - There is doubtless a slight degree of censure implied in this, as well as a design to call their attention away from a vain attempt to see the departed Saviour. The impropriety may have been: (1)In the feeling of disappointment, as if he would not restore the kingdom to Israel. (2)Possibly they were expecting that he…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-11Verses 6-11 They were earnest in asking about that which their Master never had directed or encouraged them to seek. Our Lord knew that his ascension and the teaching of the Holy Spirit would soon end these expectations, and therefore only gave them a rebuke; but it is a caution to his church in all ages, to take heed of a desire of forbidden knowledge. He had given his disciples instructions for the discharge of their duty, both before his death and…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11in the same way: Jesus promised to return from heaven in the same way (see Matthew 24:30; Mark 13:26; John 14:3). Jesus has gone to heaven to prepare a place for his followers (John 12:26; 14:1–4; 2 Corinthians 5:4; Philippians 3:21; Hebrews 6:20).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-119-11. while they beheld, he was taken up--See on Lu 24:50-53. Lest it should be thought He had disappeared when they were looking in some other direction, and so was only concluded to have gone up to heaven, it is here expressly said that "while they were looking He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight." So Elijah, "If thou see me when I am taken from thee" (2Ki 2:10); "And Elisha saw it" (Ac 1:12). (See on Lu 9:32.)Read the comment
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Commentaries on Acts 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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