Luke 24:50 (WEB)
He led them out as far as Bethany, and he lifted up his hands and blessed them.
As quoted in the map (KJV)
Luke 24:50–51 (KJV)
50 And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them. 51 And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.
Key words
- ἀνεφέρετο εἰς τὸν οὐρανόνanephereto eis ton ouranon · Greek
- 'carried up into heaven' — the end of the new exodus.
Why it matters
Jesus blesses the disciples and is carried up into heaven. Pitre marks this as the terminus of the new exodus (p 43): Moses led Israel to Canaan, but Jesus leads the way to heaven. If the new Moses' journey ends in the heavenly sanctuary, then the new Ark — his mother — is brought there too.
Fathers and councils · 14
Cyril of Jerusalem
“For from heaven He descended to Bethlehem, but to heaven He ascended from the Mount of Olives; at the former place beginning His conflicts among men, but in the latter, crowned after them.” — editor's note: St. Luke (xxiv. 50) describes the Ascension as taking place at Bethany, but the tradition, which Cyril follows, had long since fixed the scene on the summit of…
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Augustine of Hippo
“His statement proceeds in this form: “And He led them out as far as to Bethany; and He lifted up His hands, and blessed them; and it came to pass, that while He blessed them, He was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.”” — editor's note: Luke xxiv. 50, 51.
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Jerome
“I will return to Jerusalem and, passing through Tekoa the home of Amos, I will look upon the glistening cross of Mount Olivet from which the Saviour made His ascension to the Father.” — editor's note: Luke xxiv. 50, 51; Acts i. 9–12.
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- BedeCatena Aurea on Luke
Having omitted all those things which may have taken place during forty-three days between our Lord and His disciples, St. Luke silently joins to the first day of the resurrection, the last day when He ascended into…
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Perhaps pouring into them a power of preservation, until the coming of the Spirit; and perhaps instructing them, that as often as we go away, we should commend to God by our blessing those who are placed under us.
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But that He blessed them with uplifted hands, signifies that it becomes him who blesses any one to be furnished with various works and labours in behalf of others. For in this way are the hands raised up on high.
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Luke
But observe, that the Lord submits to our sight the promised rewards. He had promised the resurrection of the body; He rose from the dead, and conferred with His disciples for forty days. It is also promised that we…
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And Elias indeed was seen, as it were, to be taken up into heaven, but the Saviour, the forerunner of all, Himself ascended into heaven to appear in the Divine sight in His sacred body; and already is our nature…
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But you will say, How does this concern me? Because thou also shalt be taken up in like manner into the clouds. For thy body is of like nature to His body, therefore shall thy body be so light, that it can pass…
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When the Lord ascended into heaven, the disciples adoring Him where His feet lately stood, immediately return to Jerusalem, where they were commanded to wait for the promise of the Father; for it follows, And they…
Read the whole comment - A Greek expositorCatena Aurea on Luke
And they were watching, praying, and fasting, because indeed they were not living in their own homes, but were abiding in the temple, expecting the grace from on high; among other things also learning from the very…
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The Spirit had not yet come, and yet their conversation is spiritual. Before they were shut up; now they stand in the midst of the chief priests; distracted by no worldly object, but despising all things, they praise…
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And observe that among the four beasts in heaven, (Ezek. 1:10. Rev. 4:7) Luke is said to be represented by the calf, for by the sacrifice of a calf, they were ordered to be initiated who were chosen to the…
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Whom imitating, may we ever dwell in a holy life, praising and blessing God; to Whom be glory and blessing and power, for ever and ever. Amen.
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Cross-references · 3
Cited together in Bede on Luke 24:50–53 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Luke 24:50–53 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Luke 24:50–53 (3) (Catena Aurea).