Luke 24:51 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 24:51

While He was blessing them, He left them and was carried up into heaven.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he parted from 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.

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Commentary

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Cyril of Alexandria

COMMENTARY ON LUKE, CHAPTER 24 (444)

Having blessed them and gone ahead a little, he was carried up into heaven so that he might share the Father's throne even with the flesh that was united to him. The Word made this new pathway for us when he appeared in human form. After this, and in due time, he will come again in the glory of his Father with the angels and will take us up to be with him. Let us glorify him.Being God the Word, he became man for our sakes. He suffered willingly in the flesh, rose from the dead and abolished corruption.

The record, by era

The Medieval Church1 voice

Theophylact of Ohrid

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (1107)

And Elias indeed was seen, as it were, to be taken up into heaven, but the Saviour, the forerunner of all, Himself ascended into heaven to appear in the Divine sight in His sacred body; and already is our nature honoured in Christ by a certain Angelic power.

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

And while he was blessing them, he was parted from them - It was much more proper that our Lord should ascend into heaven, than that he should rise from the dead, in the sight of the apostles. For his resurrection was proved when they saw him alive after his passion: but they could not see him in heaven while they continued on earth.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The manner of the re-uniting of Christ's soul and body in his resurrection is a mystery, one of the secret things that belong not to us; but the infallible proofs of his resurrection, that he did indeed rise from the dead, and was thereby proved to be the Son of God, are things revealed, which belong to us and to our children.

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Carried up into heaven - Ανεφερετο - into that heaven from which he had descended, Joh 1:18; Joh 3:13. This was forty days after his resurrection, Act 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, 1Co 15:

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2949: “Our Lord's Posture in Ascension” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1905)

OUR Lord Jesus, having spoiled the grave and so proved His power over things that are under the earth, tarried for 40 days among men and so claimed His power over the earth, itself, and then ascended through the air to show that the dominion of the Prince of the power of the air was broken and, finally, entered into the Heaven of Heavens to claim sovereignty there, so that, from the lowest depths up to the extreme heights, He might take possession of His vast domains.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
ἐγένετο	egeneto	it came to pass	G1096 →
ἐν	en	during	G1722 →
τῷ	tō	the	G3588 →
εὐλογεῖν	eulogein	blessing	G2127 →
αὐτὸν	auton	by Him	G846 →
αὐτοὺς	autous	them	G846 →
διέστη	diestē	He was separated	G1339 →
ἀπ᾽	ap᾽	from	G575 →
αὐτῶν	autōn	them	G846 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἀνεφέρετο	anephereto	was carried up	G399 →
εἰς	eis	into	G1519 →
τὸν	ton	<the>	G3588 →
οὐρανόν.	ouranon	heaven.	G3772 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Hebrews 1:3
The 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…
leads to
- Colossians 1:15–17
  The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
- Revelation 4:11
  “Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things; by Your will they exist and came to be.”
- John 14:9–10
  Jesus replied, “Philip, I have been with you all this time, and still you do not know Me? Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the…
- John 1:14
  The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
- 2 Corinthians 4:4
  The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
Through
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…
leads to
- John 16:28
  I came from the Father and entered the world. In turn, I will leave the world and go to the Father.”
- Ephesians 4:8–10
  This is why it says: “When He ascended on high, He led captives away, and gave gifts to men.”
Through
Mark 16:19
After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, He was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.
leads to
- 1 Peter 3:22
  who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to Him.