Acts 1:11

1:11 and said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand here ¹  looking up into the sky? This same Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven ²  will come back in the same way you saw him go into heaven.”

Acts 17:31

17:31 because he has set ³  a day on which he is going to judge the world ⁴  in righteousness, by a man whom he designated, ⁵  having provided proof to everyone by raising ⁶  him from the dead.”

Hebrews 9:28

9:28 so also, after Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many, ⁷  to those who eagerly await him he will appear a second time, not to bear sin ⁸  but to bring salvation. ⁹ 

Revelation 1:7

1:7 (Look! He is returning with the clouds, ¹⁰ 

and every eye will see him,

even ¹¹  those who pierced him, ¹² 

and all the tribes ¹³  on the earth will mourn because ¹⁴  of him.

This will certainly come to pass! ¹⁵  Amen.) ¹⁶ 

¹ tn The word “here” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context, but must be supplied for the modern English reader.

² tc Codex Bezae (D) and several other witnesses lack the words εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν (ei" ton ouranon, “into heaven”) here, most likely by way of accidental deletion. In any event, it is hardly correct to suppose that the Western text has intentionally suppressed references to the ascension of Christ here, for the phrase is solidly attested in the final clause of the verse.

³ tn Or “fixed.”

⁴ sn The world refers to the whole inhabited earth.

⁵ tn Or “appointed.” BDAG 723 s.v. ὁρίζω 2.b has “of persons appoint, designate, declare: God judges the world ἐν ἀνδρὶ ᾧ ὥρισεν through a man whom he has appointed Ac 17:31.”

⁶ tn The participle ἀναστήσας (anasthsa") indicates means here.

⁷ sn An allusion to Isa 53:12.

⁸ tn Grk “without sin,” but in context this does not refer to Christ’s sinlessness (as in Heb 4:15) but to the fact that sin is already dealt with by his first coming.

⁹ tn Grk “for salvation.” This may be construed with the verb “await” (those who wait for him to bring them salvation), but the connection with “appear” (as in the translation) is more likely.

¹⁰ sn An allusion to Dan 7:13.

¹¹ tn Here καί (kai) was translated as ascensive.

¹² sn An allusion to Zech 12:10.

¹³ tn In this context, tribes (φυλαί, fulai) could also be translated as “nations” or “peoples” (L&N 11.56).

¹⁴ tn The conjunction ἐπί (epi) is most likely causal here. The people who crucified him are those of every tribe on the earth and they will mourn because he comes as judge.

¹⁵ tn Grk “Yes, Amen.” The expression “This will certainly come to pass” is an attempt to capture the force of the juxtaposition of the Greek ναί (nai) and the Hebrew ἀμήν (amhn). See L&N 69.1.

¹⁶ sn These lines are placed in parentheses because they form an aside to the main argument.