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10 They were gazing into heaven as he disappeared. Then, lo and behold, two men appeared, dressed in white, standing beside them.

11 “Galileans,” they said, “why are you standing here staring into heaven? This Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you saw him go into heaven.”

12 Then they went back to Jerusalem from the hill called the Mount of Olives, which is close to Jerusalem, about the distance you could travel on a sabbath.

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10 They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white(A) stood beside them. 11 “Men of Galilee,”(B) they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back(C) in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.”

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12 Then the apostles returned to Jerusalem(D) from the hill called the Mount of Olives,(E) a Sabbath day’s walk[a] from the city.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 1:12 That is, about 5/8 mile or about 1 kilometer