| | 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." |
| | {{cquote|And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight. And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes, and said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.}} | | {{cquote|And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight. And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes, and said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.}} |
| | {{bibleref|John|20|17}} refers an ascension that will occur, though not necessarily as described by [[Luke]]: | | {{bibleref|John|20|17}} refers an ascension that will occur, though not necessarily as described by [[Luke]]: |