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{{cquote|And he led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands he blessed them. While he blessed them, he parted from them and was carried up into heaven.}}
 
{{cquote|And he led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands he blessed them. While he blessed them, he parted from them and was carried up into heaven.}}
 
=== Better translation ===
 
=== Better translation ===
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"carried up into heaven" imprecisely conveys a physical lifting to the sky, when in fact the "heaven" is the [[kingdom of God]], and "carried up into" is the figurative term meaning offered "up" to a goal, as in a sacrifice.
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"was carried up into heaven" imprecisely conveys a physical lifting to the sky, when in fact the "heaven" is the [[kingdom of God]], and "carried up into" is the figurative term meaning offered "up" to a goal, as in a sacrifice.
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A better translation would be "was taken into eternity", or "was taken into heaven."
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== Acts of the Apostles ==
 
== Acts of the Apostles ==
 
The [[Acts of the Apostles]] account:
 
The [[Acts of the Apostles]] account:
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