Luke Chapter 24 verse 51 Holy Bible

ASV Luke 24:51

And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he parted from them, and was carried up into heaven.
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BBE Luke 24:51

And while he was doing so, he went from them and was taken up into heaven.
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DARBY Luke 24:51

And it came to pass as he was blessing them, he was separated from them and was carried up into heaven.
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KJV Luke 24:51

And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.
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WEB Luke 24:51

It happened, while he blessed them, that he withdrew from them, and was carried up into heaven.
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YLT Luke 24:51

and it came to pass, in his blessing them, he was parted from them, and was borne up to the heaven;
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 51. - And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven; more accurately rendered, while he blessed them, he parted from them, and was carried up into heaven. The last clause, "was carried up into heaven," is absent from some, but not from the majority of the older authorities. The Acts (Acts 1:9) describe the act of ascension thus: "As they were looking, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight." The eleven and those chosen to witness the last earthly scene of the Lord's ministry came together, in obedience probably to some command of their Master, to some meeting-place in Jerusalem, possibly the well-known upper room. Thence he led them forth from the sacred city, past the scene of the agony and the scene of the weeping, on to some quiet spot hard by loved Bethany, talking to them as they went; and as he spoke, suddenly he lifted up his pierced hands and blessed them; and in the very act of performing this deed of love, he rose, they still gazing on him - rose, as it appears, by the exercise of his own will into the air, and, while they still gazed, a cloud came and veiled him from their sight. He was parted from them, and carried up into heaven. Among the appearances of the Risen to his followers during the forty days (ten of these distinct appearances are related in the Gospels and Epistles), this last notably differs from all that preceded it. As at other times when he showed himself to his friends during these forty days, so on the "Ascension" day Jesus apparently came forth suddenly from the invisible world; but not, as on former occasions, did he suddenly vanish from sight, as if he might shortly return as he had done before. But on this fortieth day he withdrew in a different way; as they gazed he rose up into the air, and so he parted from them, thus solemnly suggesting to them that not only was he "no more with them" (ver. 44), but that even those occasional and supernatural appearances vouchsafed to them since the Resurrection were now at an end. Nor were they grieved at this final parting; for we read -

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(51) The words "and was carried up into heaven" are wanting in some of the best MSS., and are omitted accordingly by some recent editors.