Luke 24:50-53 - The Ascension

⁵⁰ Then He led them out as far as Bethany, and lifted up His hands and blessed them. ⁵¹ And while He was blessing them, He parted from them, and was taken up to heaven. ⁵² And with great joy they went back to Jerusalem; ⁵³ and they were continually in the temple, praising God.

⁶ So those who were present began to ask Him, "Lord, is this the time when you are going to set up the kingdom again for Israel?"

⁷ He answered them, "It is not your business to learn times and dates which the Father has a right to fix, ⁸ but you are going to receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you must be witnesses for me in Jerusalem and all over Judea and Samaria, and to the very ends of the earth."

⁹ After saying this, He was taken up while they were looking at Him, and a cloud swept under Him and carried Him out of their sight. ¹⁰ And while they were gazing after Him into heaven, two men dressed in white suddenly stood beside them, ¹¹ and said to them, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up into heaven? This very Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven will come back in just the way you have seen Him go up into heaven."