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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 ===

"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.<ref>https://biblehub.com/luke/24-51.htm#lexicon</ref>

"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.<ref>https://biblehub.com/luke/24-51.htm#lexicon</ref> The [[Epistle to the Hebrews]] uses the same Greek term four times, not in the sense of physically lifting up, but terms of attaining a goal as in offering up a sacrifice.

A better translation would be "was taken into eternity", or "was taken into heaven."

A better translation would be "was taken into eternity", or "was taken into heaven."