Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible



He led them out as far as Bethany; then, lifting his hands, he blessed them. Verse ConceptsDivine LeadingLifting HandsBlessed By Christ

Then after speaking to them the Lord Jesus was taken up to heaven and sat down at the right hand of God, while they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word by the miracles that endorsed it. (b) But they gave Peter and his companions a brief account of all these injunctions. And, after that, Jesus himself sent out by means of them from east to west the sacred and imperishable message of eternal salvation.

He led them out as far as Bethany; then, lifting his hands, he blessed them. And as he blessed them he parted from them [and was carried up to heaven]. They [worshipped him and] returned with great joy to Jerusalem, read more.
where they spent all their time within the temple, blessing God.

On saying this he was lifted up while they looked on, and a cloud took him out of sight. As he went up, their eyes were fixed on heaven; but just then two men stood beside them dressed in white, who said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up to heaven? This Jesus who has been taken from you into heaven will come back, just as you have seen him depart to heaven." read more.
Then they made their way back to Jerusalem from the hill called 'The Olive-Orchard'; it is close to Jerusalem, only a sabbath day's journey from it.

He led them out as far as Bethany; then, lifting his hands, he blessed them. Verse ConceptsDivine LeadingLifting HandsBlessed By Christ

Now when they came near Jerusalem, near Bethphage and Bethany, at the Hill of Olives, he despatched two of his disciples, Verse ConceptsTwo DisciplesDisciples' Movements

Then they made their way back to Jerusalem from the hill called 'The Olive-Orchard'; it is close to Jerusalem, only a sabbath day's journey from it. Verse ConceptsSabbath, In NtWeights And Measures, DistancesSabbath Observedzealotswellness

He led them out as far as Bethany; then, lifting his hands, he blessed them. Verse ConceptsDivine LeadingLifting HandsBlessed By Christ

He led them out as far as Bethany; then, lifting his hands, he blessed them. Verse ConceptsDivine LeadingLifting HandsBlessed By Christ

He led them out as far as Bethany; then, lifting his hands, he blessed them. Verse ConceptsDivine LeadingLifting HandsBlessed By Christ

He led them out as far as Bethany; then, lifting his hands, he blessed them. And as he blessed them he parted from them [and was carried up to heaven].


He led them out as far as Bethany; then, lifting his hands, he blessed them. Verse ConceptsDivine LeadingLifting HandsBlessed By Christ

Jesus said, "Cease clinging to me. I have not ascended yet to the Father, but go to my brothers and tell them, 'I am ascending to my Father and yours, to my God and yours.'" Verse ConceptsGod, Fatherhood OfClothingJesus Christ, Ascension OfNames And Titles For The ChristianBrotherhoodAdmirationClinging To PeopleJesus Returning To The FatherRelationship Of Father And SonYou Are Our GodChrist Our BrotherChristians Being Called Brothers

Then after speaking to them the Lord Jesus was taken up to heaven and sat down at the right hand of God, Verse ConceptsGospel, Historical Foundation OfJesus Christ, Ascension OfExaltation Of ChristRight SidesGoing To Heaven

Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures. "Thus," he said, "it is written that the Christ has to suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, and that repentance and the remission of sins must be preached in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. read more.
To this you must bear testimony. And I will send down on you what my Father has promised; wait in the city till you are endued with power from on high." He led them out as far as Bethany; then, lifting his hands, he blessed them. And as he blessed them he parted from them [and was carried up to heaven].

And yet the Son of man, descended from heaven, is the only one who has ever ascended into heaven. Indeed the Son of man must be lifted on high, just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert,

Now before the passover festival Jesus knew the time had come for him to pass from this world to the Father. He had loved his own in this world and he loved them to the end; so at supper, knowing that though the devil had suggested to Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him, the Father had put everything into his hands ??knowing that he had come from God and was going to God,

But each one of us is granted his own grace, as determined by the full measure of Christ's gift. Thus it is said, When he ascended on high he led a host captive and granted gifts to men. What does he ascended mean, except that he first descended to the nether regions of the earth? read more.
He who descended is he who ascended above all the heavens to fill the universe;

Baptism, the counterpart of that, saves you to-day (not the mere washing of dirt from the flesh but the prayer for a clean conscience before God) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ who is at God's right hand ??for he went to heaven after angels, authorities, and powers celestial had been made subject to him.)

Then after speaking to them the Lord Jesus was taken up to heaven and sat down at the right hand of God, while they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word by the miracles that endorsed it. (b) But they gave Peter and his companions a brief account of all these injunctions. And, after that, Jesus himself sent out by means of them from east to west the sacred and imperishable message of eternal salvation.

He led them out as far as Bethany; then, lifting his hands, he blessed them. And as he blessed them he parted from them [and was carried up to heaven]. They [worshipped him and] returned with great joy to Jerusalem, read more.
where they spent all their time within the temple, blessing God.

On saying this he was lifted up while they looked on, and a cloud took him out of sight. As he went up, their eyes were fixed on heaven; but just then two men stood beside them dressed in white, who said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up to heaven? This Jesus who has been taken from you into heaven will come back, just as you have seen him depart to heaven." read more.
Then they made their way back to Jerusalem from the hill called 'The Olive-Orchard'; it is close to Jerusalem, only a sabbath day's journey from it.

He led them out as far as Bethany; then, lifting his hands, he blessed them. And as he blessed them he parted from them [and was carried up to heaven].

He led them out as far as Bethany; then, lifting his hands, he blessed them. Verse ConceptsDivine LeadingLifting HandsBlessed By Christ