New American Standard Bible 2020
Luke 24:51
51While He was blessing them, He parted from them and was carried up into heaven.
Luke 24:51 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.
- New International Version (NIV)While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up into heaven.
- English Standard Version (ESV)While he blessed them, he parted from them and was carried up into heaven.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Now it came to pass, while He blessed them, that He was parted from them and carried up into heaven.
Context of Luke 24:51
49And behold, I am sending the promise of My Father upon you; but you are to stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.” 50And He led them out as far as Bethany, and He lifted up His hands and blessed them. While He was blessing them, He parted from them and was carried up into heaven. 52And they, after worshiping Him, returned to Jerusalem with great joy, 53and were continually in the temple praising God.
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καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ εὐλογεῖν αὐτὸν αὐτοὺς διέστη ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν καὶ ἀνεφέρετο εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν.Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Luke 24:51
- 2 Kings 2:11And as they were walking along and talking, behold, a chariot of fire appeared with horses of fire, and they separated the two of them. Then Elijah went up by a whirlwind to heaven.
- Mark 16:19So then, when the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.
- John 20:17Jesus said to her, “Stop clinging to Me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to My brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and My God and your God.’”
- Acts 1:9And after He had said these things, He was lifted up while they were watching, and a cloud took Him up, out of their sight.
- Ephesians 4:8Therefore it says, “When He ascended on high, He led captive the captives, And He gave gifts to people.”
- Hebrews 1:3And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power. When He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,
- Hebrews 4:14Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let’s hold firmly to our confession.
Commentaries on Luke 24:51
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 51Carried up into heaven - - into that heaven from which he had descended, John 1:18; John 3:13. This was forty days after his resurrection, Acts 1:3, during which time he had given the most convincing proofs of that resurrection, not only to the apostles, but to many others - to upwards of five hundred at one time, 1 Corinthians 15:6. As in his life they had seen the way to the kingdom, and in his death the price of the kingdom, so in his ascension they…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 50-53Verses 50-53 Christ ascended from Bethany, near the Mount of Olives. There was the garden in which his sufferings began; there he was in his agony. Those that would go to heaven, must ascend thither from the house of sufferings and sorrows. The disciples did not see him rise out of the grave; his resurrection could be proved by their seeing him alive afterwards: but they saw him ascend into heaven; they could not otherwise have a proof of his ascension…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 51Compare 2 Kings 2:11. The ascension of Jesus marked his exaltation to a position of authority over all creation (see Acts 2:32–36; 5:31; Ephesians 1:19–23; Philippians 2:9–11; Hebrews 1:13).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 50-5350-53. to Bethany--not to the village itself, but on the "descent" to it from Mount Olivet.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Luke 24
- 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
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- 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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