Luke 24 · Verse 51

Luke 24:51

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

Luke 24:51 in other translations

BSBWhile He was blessing them, He left them and was carried up into heaven.
WEBWhile he blessed them, he withdrew from them and was carried up into heaven.
ASVAnd it came to pass, while he blessed them, he parted from them, and was carried up into heaven.
YLTand it came to pass, in his blessing them, he was parted from them, and was borne up to the heaven;
DARBYAnd it came to pass as he was blessing them, he was separated from them and was carried up into heaven.
BBEAnd while he was doing so, he went from them and was taken up into heaven.
WebsterAnd it came to pass, while he was blessing them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.

What does Luke 24:51 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 24:50-53

50-53. to Bethany--not to the village itself, but on the "descent" to it from Mount Olivet.

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Barnes' Notes
Verse 51.

(p) "carried up" Acts 1:9, Heb 4:14

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 51 Carried up into heaven - Ανεφερετο - into that heaven from which he had descended, Joh 1:18; Joh 3:13. This was forty days after his resurrection, Act 1:3, during which time he had given the most convincing proofs of that resurrection, not only to the apostles, but to many others - to upwards of five hundred at one time, 1Cor 15:6. As in his life they had seen the way to the kingdom, and in his death the price of the kingdom, so in his ascension they had the fullest proof of the immortality of the soul, the resurrection of the human body, and of his continual intercession at the right hand of God. There are some remarkable circumstances relative to this ascension mentioned in Act 1:4-12.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 24:50-53

Christ ascended from Bethany, near the Mount of Olives. There was the garden in which his sufferings began; there he was in his agony. Those that would go to heaven, must ascend thither from the house of sufferings and sorrows. The disciples did not see him rise out of the grave; his resurrection could be proved by their seeing him alive afterwards: but they saw him ascend into heaven; they could not otherwise have…

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Luke 24:51 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

καὶkaiAndG2532
ἐγένετοegenetoit came to passG1096
ἐνenduringG1722
τῷtōtheG3588
εὐλογεῖνeulogeinblessingG2127
αὐτὸνautonby HimG846
αὐτοὺςautousthemG846
διέστηdiestēHe was separatedG1339
ἀπ᾽ap᾽fromG575
αὐτῶνautōnthemG846
καὶkaiandG2532
ἀνεφέρετοanepheretowas carried upG399
εἰςeisintoG1519
τὸνton<the>G3588
οὐρανόν.ouranonheaven.G3772

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Luke 24:51

  • Acts 1:9

    And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.

  • Mark 16:19

    So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.

  • John 20:17

    Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.

  • 2 Kings 2:11

    And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.

  • Hebrews 1:3

    Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

  • Hebrews 4:14

    Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.

  • Ephesians 4:8-10

    Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
he was.
2Ki 2:11; Mr 16:19; Joh 20:17; Ac 1:9; Eph 4:8-10; Heb 1:3; 4:14

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Luke 24:50

    And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.

  • Luke 24:51

    And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.

  • Luke 24:52

    And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy:

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Luke 24:51 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y aconteció que bendiciéndolos, se fué de ellos; y era llevado arriba al cielo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et il arriva qu’en les bénissant, il fut séparé d’eux, et fut élevé dans le ciel.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und es geschah, indem er sie segnete, schied er von ihnen und wurde hinaufgetragen in den Himmel.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et factum est, dum benediceret illis, recessit ab eis, et ferebatur in cælum.