Acts 1:11

Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
Which	οἳ hoi	G3739	the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun · relative pronoun — nominative plural masculine
also	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
said	εἶπαν· eipan	G2036	to speak or say (by word or writing) · verb — second aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural
men	ἄνδρες andres	G435	a man (properly as an individual male) · noun — vocative plural masculine
Galilee	Γαλιλαῖοι, Galilaioi	G1057	Galilean or belonging to Galilea · noun — vocative plural masculine, a people or place name
why	τί ti	G5101	an interrogative pronoun · interrogative pronoun — accusative singular neuter
ye	ἑστήκατε hestēkate	G2476	to stand (transitively or intransitively) · verb — perfect active indicative, 2nd person plural
up	ἐμβλέποντες emblepontes	G1689	to look on · verb — present active participle, nominative plural masculine
into	εἰς eis	G1519	to or into (indicating the point reached or entered) · preposition
heaven	οὐρανόν; ouranon	G3772	the sky · noun — accusative singular masculine
same	οὗτος houtos	G3778	the he (she or it) · demonstrative pronoun — nominative singular masculine
Jesus	Ἰησοῦς Iēsous	G2424	Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua) · noun — nominative singular masculine, a proper name
up	ἀναλημφθεὶς analēmphtheis	G353	to take up · verb — aorist passive participle, nominative singular masculine
from	ἀφ᾽ aph᾽	G575	"off · preposition
you	ὑμῶν hymōn	G5216	of (from or concerning) you
into	εἰς eis	G1519	to or into (indicating the point reached or entered) · preposition
heaven	οὐρανὸν ouranon	G3772	the sky · noun — accusative singular masculine
shall	ἐλεύσεται eleusetai	G2064	to come or go (in a great variety of applications · verb — future middle deponent indicative, 3rd person singular
so	οὕτως houtōs	G3779	in this way (referring to what precedes or follows) · adverb
come	ἔρχομαι érchomai	G2064	to come or go (in a great variety of applications
manner	τρόπον tropon	G5158	a turn · noun — accusative singular masculine
as	ὃν hon	G3739	the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun · relative pronoun — accusative singular masculine
seen	ἐθεάσασθε etheasasthe	G2300	to look closely at · verb — aorist middle deponent indicative, 2nd person plural
him	αὐτὸν auton	G846	the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — accusative singular masculine
go	πορευόμενον poreuomenon	G4198	to traverse · verb — present middle or passive deponent participle, accusative singular masculine
into	εἰς eis	G1519	to or into (indicating the point reached or entered) · preposition
heaven	οὐρανόν.¶ ouranon	G3772	the sky · noun — accusative singular masculine

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Cross-references

Revelation 1:7 Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail becaus…
1 Thessalonians 4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Chr…
Mark 13:26 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.
John 14:3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
Matthew 24:30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of…
Matthew 16:27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.
Matthew 25:31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
Daniel 7:13-14 I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they b…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Acts 1:6-11

In Jerusalem Christ, by his angel, had appointed his disciples to meet him in Galilee; there he appointed them to meet him in Jerusalem again, such a day. Thus he would try their obedience, and it was found ready and cheerful; they came together, as he appointed them, to be the witnesses of his ascension, of which we have here an account. Observe, I. The question they asked him at this interview. They came together to him, as those that had consulted one another about it, and concurred in the question nemine contradicente - unanimously; they came in a body, and put it to him as the sense of the house, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? Two ways this may be take…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 1:11

Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven, &c.--"as if your now glorified Head were gone from you never to return: He is coming again; not another, but 'this same Jesus'; and 'as ye have seen Him go, in the like manner shall He come'--as personally, as visibly, as gloriously; and let the joyful expectation of this coming swallow up the sorrow of that departure."

Adam Clarke on Acts 1:11

Gazing up into heaven - Not to the top of a mountain, to which an unbridled fancy, influenced by infidelity, would intimate he had ascended, and not to heaven. This same Jesus - Clothed in human nature, shall so come in like manner - with the same body, descending from heaven by his sovereign and all-controlling power, as ye have seen him go into heaven. Thus shall he come again to judge the quick and the dead. It was a very ancient opinion among Christians, that when Christ should come again to judge the world he would make his appearance on Mount Olivet. Some think that his coming again to destroy the Jewish nation is what the angels refer to. See a connected account of the different appea…

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John Gill on Acts 1:11

Which also said, ye men of Galilee,.... And which was said by them, not to reproach them with their country, but partly to let them know that they knew them, who they were, and from whence they came; and partly to observe the rich and distinguishing grace of God in choosing such mean and contemptible persons to be the apostles of Christ, and eyewitnesses of his majesty: why stand ye gazing up into heaven? reproving them for their curiosity in looking after Christ with their bodily eyes, who was no more in common to be seen this way, but with an eye of faith; and for their desire after his corporeal presence, which they were not to look for; and as if they expected he would return again imme…

The Church Fathers

Men spoke to men, yet they were not similar in substance.
— Oecumenius, Commentary on Acts

This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven. For two reasons the angels are seen: that they might console them in their sorrow of the ascension with the remembrance of his return, and to show that he truly ascends into heaven, and not as it were into heaven like Elijah.
— Bede, Commentary on Acts

He is seen by Stephen, at his martyrdom by stoning, still sitting at the right hand of God [Acts 7:55] where He will continue to sit, until the Father shall make His enemies His footstool. [Hebrews 10:12-13] He will come again on the clouds of heaven, just as He appeared when He ascended into heaven. [Acts 1:11]
— Tertullian, Against Praxeas, Chapter 30

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Dictionary and topics

Angel — A word signifying, both in the Hebrew and Greek, a “messenger,” and hence employed to denote any agent God sends forth to execute his purposes. It is used of an ordinary messenger (Job 1:14: 1 Sam.…
Cloud — The Hebrew so rendered means “a covering,” because clouds cover the sky. The word is used as a symbol of the Divine presence, as indicating the splendour of that glory which it conceals (Ex. 16:10;…
Coming of Christ — (1) with reference to his first advent “in the fulness of the time” (1 John 5:20; 2 John 1:7), or (2) with reference to his coming again the second time at the last day (Acts 1:11; 3:20, 21; 1 Thess.…
Galilean — An inhabitant or native of Galilee. This word was used as a name of contempt as applied to our Lord’s disciples (Luke 22:59; Acts 2:7). All the apostles, with the exception of Judas Iscariot (Acts…
Galileans — the inhabitants of Galilee, the northern province of Palestine. The apostles were all Galileans by either birth or residence. (Acts 1:11) It appears also that the pronunciation of those Jews who…
Olves, Mount of — So called from the olive trees with which its sides are clothed, is a mountain ridge on the east of Jerusalem (1 Kings 11:7; Ezek. 11:23; Zech. 14:4), from which it is separated by the valley of…
Angels · Announced: The ascension and second coming of Christ — Announced: The ascension and second coming of Christ
Ascension · Of Jesus — Of Jesus
Ascension Of Christ, The · His second coming shall be in like manner as — His second coming shall be in like manner as
Cloud Of Glory · Our Lord shall make his second appearance in — Our Lord shall make his second appearance in

Acts 1:11

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Acts 1:6-11

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 1:11

Adam Clarke on Acts 1:11

John Gill on Acts 1:11

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Acts 1:11

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Acts 1:6-11

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 1:11

Adam Clarke on Acts 1:11

John Gill on Acts 1:11

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Acts 1:9-11

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Acts 1:11