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Acts 1:11 — Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into…
“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.”
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The verses around Acts 1:11.
9And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.
10And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;
11Which 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.
12Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day’s journey.
13And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alpheus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James.
Verse explanation
The angels ask why the disciples keep looking up at the sky, since there was nothing left to see, and promise that Jesus will return the same way He went up: visibly, in the clouds.
From the Acts 1 study in Bible in Stories.
Acts 1:11 in other versions
The same verse in the 4 Bible versions we have on the site.
- KJV · King James
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.
Read the chapter in this version → - ARC · Almeida 1911Português
Os quaes então disseram: Varões galileos, porque estaes olhando para o céu? Esse Jesus, que d'entre vós foi recebido acima no céu, ha de vir assim como para o céu o vistes ir.
Read the chapter in this version → - BLIVRE · Bíblia LivrePortuguês
Os quais também disseram: Homens galileus, por que estais olhando para o céu? Este Jesus, que foi tomado de vós acima ao céu, assim virá, da maneira como o vistes ir ao céu.
Read the chapter in this version → - VBL · Versión Biblia LibreEspañol
Hombres de Galilea, ¿por qué están ahí parados mirando al cielo?” preguntaron ellos. “Este mismo Jesús que ha sido llevado al cielo delante de ustedes vendrá de la misma manera en que lo vieron irse”.
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